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[ Hey look! It's the resident giant robot. He smiles so warmly it almost seems fake. ]

Greetings! Since it seems we have some new people since I last spoke on the network, my name is Drift.

For those of you who do know me, there are a few matters I need to attend to.

The first being, I'm moving! There's an abandoned warehouse down the way so if anyone would like my new location, please don't hesitate to ask. On a related note it uh, It's a bit of a fixer-upper. I don't have much to offer in return, but if anyone would be willing to help me strip it down and patch a few things up, I'd be very grateful.

On the other note, I was considering starting some self-defense classes to be held at my new location. I've had a job for now as a transport and delivery service of sorts, but I think, if anyone was interested, I'd enjoy teaching that on the side.

So! If you'd like to learn basic hand-to-hand or swordplay, please let me know!

[Locked to Helmsman]

At your convenience, I'd like to speak to you... Psii.

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Besides bees?

Only beeth.

Haha... well alright! Bees! Bees then...

Yeth. Beeth.

[Pause.]

And wireth. System thinkth about... biowireth. Sometimeth.

Oh, your biowires...

Can you tell me more about them?

Biowireth are conduitth between system and ship. Wireth take energy sourthe from system and uthe it to power ship and maintain ship systemth. System useth biowireth to observe ship and keep recordth on activitieth by crew. They hurt. Without biowireth, system hath no way to communicate with ship and thuth will be decommissioned. Ath system improveth and ath ship becometh more complekth, more biowireth are added. They hurt tho fucking bad. Main connecting pointth for biowireth are in system'th extremetieth, although auxiliary wireth are added later; system hath had many auxiliary wireth added over the sweepth.

[ . . . . ]

User Sollukth wantth to remove system'th biowireth.

... Helmsman...

If they hurt you, why do you want to keep them? It sounds like your friend wants to help you relieve the pain.

[When did he say anything about them hurting? Where would Drift get that idea? Weird, must be a glitch.]

System will be decommissioned without biowireth. A system without biowireth ith broken.

What if I told you that you wouldn't need those, if I took you to be the Helmsman of the Lost Light?

You wouldn't be broken. You'd be... upgraded.

[Well, that's certainly food for thought. The Helmsman mulls it over for a minute.]

How would system be upgraded?

[Blueprints and charts, please.]

You...

Would be able to make a lot more choices for yourself. And have better. Um. Productivity. You would also not be in danger of being decommissioned.

You'd be like me.

System would be like user Drift...

[That sounds appealing. And terrifying. Mostly terrifying. That would be so much autonomy, so much freedom. He's not sure he can handle it.]

System... hath only ever been a system. System doeth not know if system could be like user Drift. It doeth not compute.

I...

I think you could. It will take a lot of work. But if you are willing to try...?

Yes. I think so.

[There's a long, long pause before the Helmsman answers, long enough that one might think he hung up.]

System had some auxiliary wireth implanted recently, before system arrived in thith location. Thothe wireth would not be missed if they were removed.

So... you'll give it a try, then?

System will allow certain auxiliary biowireth to be removed.

[This is literally about five wires out of the entire roiling mass that is his lower body and arms, but it's still progress.]

Query: will user Drift accompany system to extraction?

Really? That's great!

And of course I will. I was just about to ask. And don't worry. I won't let them take off more than that, okay?

Yeth.

[The Helmsman sighs, deep and shuddering.]

Other userth thay... other userth keep calling system a troll.

What do you prefer to be called?

[This is a very tricky, very difficult issue for the Helmsman.]

System ith not a troll, system ith a system. System doesn't understand why userth insist on calling system a troll when system ith not one and hath never been one.

Is it easier to be called a system, then? Does it make you more comfortable?

System preferth to be called a system becauthe that ith what system ith.

Alright. I'll respect your preference.

It ith not a preferenthe, it ith the truth!

[Whoops, got a little salty there.]

Apologieth. Yeth, thith ith what system would prefer.

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