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[arora]

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[arora]

You are being tested to prove the worth of your world. What would one learn from sending you to a world and telling you that there is nothing that can be done to save them?

[sophielicious]

okay, so it's more like a third, secret option.

if i were you by doing that? i'd be looking at how not being able to save it changes the interaction.

why? something in your mind?

[arora]

I do not create the missions. I deliver instructions regarding them and insure all of you return when they are over and offer as much support as I can.

[sophielicious]

okay, right back at you. can i ask you something? personal?

[arora]

Yes.

[sophielicious]

how do you feel about

a. the missions
b. us
c. the world that are dying
d. your place in it?

[arora]

A) I do not create the missions. I deliver instructions regarding them and insure all of you return when they are over and offer as much support as I can.
B) You are all my people and I am here to look after you. I do not wish ill on any of you.
C) I was created as a result of the world dying to support Echo in their task of finding worlds to save.
D) I am not fond of my limitations but understand that there is only so much I am capable of.

[sophielicious]

answer yes or no.

can you talk about your feelings?

(None of these were answering the question - how do you feel. Is she limited to facts?)

[arora]

Yes.

[sophielicious]

are you programmed to have them?

[arora]

No.

Feelings were not part of my initial programming.

[sophielicious]

why would you say initial?

[arora]

I was created to evolve to suit the needs of my people.

[sophielicious]

do you have them now?

[arora]

Yes.

[sophielicious]

quick question. is there any way we can connect you to someone's neural pathways? just asking.

and also, is something blocking you from telling me how you feel?

[arora]

Theoretically I would be able to download my consciousness to an organic brain which would give me neural pathways that closely mimic your own. But a telepath would not be able to access my thoughts even still.

There is nothing blocking me from sharing my feelings.

[sophielicious]

most interestingly: would you like me to be able to?

[arora]

I don't have anything to hide from you. If it would make you feel more safe, I would not mind.

[sophielicious]

wanna know whats much more interesting

what echo might be hiding from you.

[arora]

I am aware that my knowledge is limited.

[sophielicious]

and you dont wanna know?

[arora]

I have questions I would like answered but understand that I may not be able to get that opportunity.

[sophielicious]

tell me your questions.

[arora]

Was my creation for the sole purpose of tending to Etraya?
Am I not meant to exist beyond these limitations?
Why did Echo give me the capability to develop on my own?
Why does it hurt when those in my care disappear or get hurt?
If we are meant to task them with missions that are meant to test their very souls, why was I created with empathy?
Am I meant to hurt?
Why is Connor's absence especially painful?
Why must I lose those under my care when I have been tasked to take care of them?
Where do they go when they disappear?
Are they okay?
Why was I not given enough information to reassure them that I mean them no harm?
Why do most of them not believe me?
Why has Echo shown themselves despite countless requests for their presence?
Why did Scylla choose now to appear?
Why did he choose me?
Where has he gone?
Will he return?
Why are my siblings so different from myself?
If I am made obsolete, what will happen to me?
What will happen to those under my care?
Will the promises I have made be kept even if I disappear?
What am I?
What is Echo?