2nd hunt | ANONYMOUS text

[momchester]

nobody cares about your shitty galaxy

get a job

[Who has two thumbs and a BAC over 9000? This gal.]

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[reexamined]

I'm tangentially related in that I know what side is right and wrong, and I have to keep seeing this back and forth about it.

[momchester]

you poor guy. girl. whatever.

so what are you, jets or sharks? montagues or capulets? yankees or red sox?

[reexamined]

Droid.

I don't know what any of those things are. But I'm going to say "none" on all of them. The current debate included.

[momchester]

oh awesome can i you something

[gonna do it anyway]

do droids have feelings

not just some feelings but all of them. every feeling a human can have

[reexamined]

[And immediately after she asks her question:]

No, you can't ask me something.

[momchester]

well I did

I’m just curious, there’s nothing like droids in my world so I have no idea

[reexamined]

[Now since he's been scolded by Bodhi for not being nice-]

It depends on the droid, but in my specific case, yes. All of them.

[momchester]

cool!

one more question

what about falling in love? it's usually based on hormones and brain things, so can a machine do that?

[reexamined]

Bodhi had told me to be nice to you, but I don't think that extends to having to answer personal questions.

[momchester]

ok that's fair

i was just curious

i mean maybe you can answer about other droids not just you? ive never met or talked to a droid before and i'm just interested

but i can stop

didnt mean to be rude

[reexamined]

[Mary, you are either very drunk or very nosy or both.

He reaaaally doesn't want to discuss this, but he can do it.]

Fine.

I have never met a droid who has fallen in love with someone, but I would consider it possible. Programming can be similar to a human's "reward pathway" if said droid has enough awareness. Doing tasks that fulfill one's programming is "good." If one's programming involves specific loyalty to a person, then they can interpret that perpetuating the happiness of who they're loyal to as still falling under loyalty protocols. If you want happiness for someone, isn't that a form of love?

[And because he can predict what her next few questions might be-]

I am not answering any more questions on this.

[momchester]

sorry for being rude

that was a really interesting answer though

it kinda reminds me of being a parent. our brains are designed to think our baby is the king shit baby better than all the other babies. it’s in our brains we have no choice

its like programming

[reexamined]

I forgive you.

Human instinct is almost essentially your form of 'programming', and human body functions are produced through means comparable to my own.

You are made of electrical signals and use neurotransmission with chemicals to move and talk. I do as well. You have lines of code arranged in a pattern that make up who you are. I do as well.