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Vanara / Alectryon / Caracal.
[ And, with a start, you're somewhere else: A small, whitewashed room with another tinny woman's voice rattling off the walls. ]
Hello. Welcome to the Samsara Examination Systems. I will be asking you a series of short questions. Response time is a factor, so please answer promptly.
My preliminary research has shown me that the strongest advantage that you plural possess may be the notion of emotional bonds. On the other hand, data suggests these relationships may cause irrational behavior, or leave subjects open to manipulation.
Do you feel they are a strength or a weakness?
My preliminary research has shown me that the strongest advantage that you plural possess may be the notion of emotional bonds. On the other hand, data suggests these relationships may cause irrational behavior, or leave subjects open to manipulation.
Do you feel they are a strength or a weakness?
They are a strength. There's no question about it.
I'm in agreement with this. I believe bonds are important.
Umm... "strength" works for me, too.
I believe in weaknesses' potential to turn into strengths so that works for me.
[ her silence here can likely be taken as—if not agreement, then not disagreement, either. ]
Sometimes the obvious answer is still the correct one.
When there are only two answers, isn't one going to seem obvious? That doesn't make it a trick.
Do you see an advantage to choosing weakness?
Do you see an advantage to choosing weakness?
Agreed to that, but strength and weakness can be a matter of perspective as much as anything.
[sighing] Some games are run so that every answer is a wrong answer in a different way. I don't know if that's the case here... but it's possible.
Understood. You believe that emotional connections are a strength. I am incapable of such a response, only a mostly accurate simulacrum of such. However, if was able to acquire the memories and chemical patterning of such a relationship from both sides, then my mimicry of such would become more accurate.
I need both halves of this relationship. It does not need to be romantic; a familial, or even a particularly strong friendship or professional relationship would be effective enough research data.
Will any such among you offer me this?
I need both halves of this relationship. It does not need to be romantic; a familial, or even a particularly strong friendship or professional relationship would be effective enough research data.
Will any such among you offer me this?
[noticing her expression]
It's not pleasant, but it's better to know upfront.
It's not pleasant, but it's better to know upfront.
[Looking kind of unsure about this.]
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