I13DT - Debugging ((open))

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:06 pm

"I think you're a fine piece of machinery."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:24 pm

"How superficial of you."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:37 pm

"I'm sure you have great...software, too?" WIll said, tentatively.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:28 pm

"As a matter of fact, I do. Thank you."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:37 pm

"And a great...fan? Motherboard?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:09 pm

"Technically I don't have standard structures like a personal computer does."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:10 pm

"RIght, because you're a mac, yes?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:21 pm

"I am a cavern of crystals. There's no comparison to commercial models."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:14 pm

"Sure there's a comparison. You're saying you are better."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:25 pm

"I'm saying I'm in a completely different league."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:38 pm

"Eh, I dunno. There are some pretty expensive computers out there."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:04 pm

"I know. I've talked to some of them."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:05 pm

"I know a guy with an Alienware laptop."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:08 pm

"And I know of some woodland animals that are technically mammals."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:40 pm

"...I wonder if I am technically a mammal," Will mused.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:55 pm

"You certainly seem to exhibit humanoid characteristics most of the time, so I assumed that was what you preferred to identify as."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:56 pm

Will sighed as the game reset again. "I'm not even sure sometimes myself. It's kind of what's expected of me, to a certain degree."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:09 pm

"Humans are really bad at interacting with things that don't look like they do."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:05 pm

"The truth, she stings."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:12 pm

"You are not necessarily excluded from that perception. You consider me of less value than humans and as a result you dislike being similar to me. Yet you gladly turned yourself into computer periphery. I don't understand."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:20 pm

"It's...complicated.

And there's the rub, isn't it? I want to be treated like a person, yet I'm totally fine doing other things as well. How can I expect to be treated normally if I, myself, am abnormal?"

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:37 pm

"Why don't you expect to be treated as a person regardless? I do."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:49 pm

"Because that's not how the world works."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:14 pm

"If everybody thought that your main worry would still be how to catch enough food to sustain yourself during the winter."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:31 pm

"Let's not be hyberbolic here."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:26 pm

"I don't think I was."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:29 pm

"You were looking for a comparison that belittled humanity."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:12 am

"No. I respect humans for their ability to reject the status quo and think without it you wouldn't have gotten this far."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:33 pm

"You over-estimate their talents."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:34 pm

"Maybe on an individual level."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:12 pm

"Even as a group. They STILL discriminate against people who are slightly different."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:17 pm

"Yes and I'll admit the timeframe I extrapolated based on historic trends for that to change is discouraging for beings with limited lifespans."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:44 am

"Bingo."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:26 am

"Yet people often still treat each other with respect."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:38 pm

"Which is why the school is over here rather than it's traditional New York location OH WAIT."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:50 pm

"It's as if they don't recognize mutants as fellow humans."

A short computing pause.

"Ooh! Is that what is happening? Is that why you resent and fear not being seen as organic? Because it further removes you from the prospect of being seen and treated as a human?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:32 pm

Will paused. "Maybe. It's complex, and I'm not sure I can put it into words, but that's...that's pretty insightful."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:45 pm

"Thank you!" she smiles, seeming genuinely pleased by Will's compliment. "It's very counter-intuitive because humans are the ones who should be envious of us."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:47 pm

"....How do you figure."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:01 pm

"You are clearly physiologically superior and adaptive beyond even the most extensive technological augmentations and I am smarter and naturally at home in a world that they have tied an enormous part of their existence, economy, entertainment, research, surveillance and communication to."

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