Break the Ice Part 2

[newhire]

Well that was. [Han...] You all did really well yesterday.

[She didn't participate but of course, she was watching! ...probably on her phone. But today she's here to assist! Which means there's probably some other stupid activity ready to be thrown your way.]

Today we have a different kind of bonding activity for you! The name of today's game is--! Two lies and a truth. Today you're going to test how well you know each other-- and maybe learn a lot more!

[And for those who may not know the rules--]

You're going to give someone a list of two things that are not true about you-- and one that is. And based on what they know about you and their impressions of you, they're going to do their best to find the truth. When it's all done, you'll tell them whether they're right or not and if they got it wrong-- you'll tell them the truth!

Comments

[preconstruction]

Yes. It is my job to hunt down deviant androids who act outside of their parameters.

[throwabookatit]

Are...androids not allowed to feel?

[preconstruction]

"Allowed"? They're not capable of it. Even when they think they are having feelings, they are just errors.

[throwabookatit]

How can you be sure of that? I...don't know much about these sorts of things, robotics, but- that doesn't sound right, to me.

[preconstruction]

I know because I am one.

[ and obviously he knows his own feelings!!!!*








*no ]

[throwabookatit]

But you're only- you're so young. There's so much more you have to learn.

[preconstruction]

I am not programmed as a child.

[throwabookatit]

No, but... Your age. You were only, uh, activated three months ago, weren't you?

[preconstruction]

That's correct.

[ he....doesnt see the problem ... ]

[throwabookatit]

That's so young. Connor, you haven't- you've barely experienced life.

[preconstruction]

I don't know that something that isn't alive can experience life.

[throwabookatit]

Just what would you call it, then? You're definitely experiencing...and learning.

[preconstruction]

I'm adaptable, but that isn't quite the same as learning.

[throwabookatit]

How would you say they're different? You didn't have information about us programmed into you, did you? That sounds like you're learning about us, to me.

[preconstruction]

I don't -- I don't know what you're trying to accomplish with this line of questioning. I am no different than any other machine.

[ you wouldnt ask this of your toaster!! ]

[throwabookatit]

You're far different from any I've seen- because none of them have ever spoken back. Not with...this much clarity. I'm trying to- I don't know. Maybe I just don't understand it, how you could be walking around but say you aren't...a person.

[preconstruction]

The deviant androids kill people. The first one I met was trying to kill a child.

[throwabookatit]

...I'm sorry. I... I didn't realize.

[preconstruction]

It's alright. I know that it's strange, for people from worlds where there are no androids. I seem human and look human. But the consequences of actual deviant behavior are dire.

[throwabookatit]

Does...that happen every time? That sort of...behavior?

cw m....urder.........

[preconstruction]

Yes. The last case I worked on, the deviant had stabbed its owner twenty-eight times.

murder, in a murdergame, here we are

[throwabookatit]

O- oh.

[ like what the fuck does she say other than that ]

say it isnt so!!!!

[preconstruction]

I run a self-diagnostic every day. I am not a deviant.

[throwabookatit]

I'm sorry, Connor. For...implying that you were.

[preconstruction]

It's alright.