Inbox - Penance

[red_song]

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Just say something. I might listen.

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[twatter]

yeah she's my girl

[ Good thing this is text, because he's almost shy admitting that. ]

[red_song]

Your girl? I do not understand your language choice.

[twatter]

my girlfriend, partner, other half guess you could say

[red_song]

What is a girlfriend? I do not know the term.

[twatter]

i guess the best way to describe it is romantic partner. tbh the whole thing is pretty new to me.

[red_song]

Ah. The one she intends to have romantic intercourse with.

[twatter]

[ Wow. ]

i mean i guess that's one way to put it

[red_song]

That's how she described procreative efforts held by humans. She said it should have emotions with it.

[twatter]

she's a romantic. sometimes too much so but she means well.

[red_song]

You say that, but she is a difficult person. But I believe you have reasons for what you do.

[twatter]

she's difficult but beautiful. a vibrant spark in a pitch black room. she fought for her autonomy, taught herself how to be passably human. do the turing test and i guaran-fucking-tee she'll pass it with flying colors. she's so special to me because of it.

[red_song]

She is not beautiful, she is frustrating.

The Turing Test is decades beyond outdated. I cannot even process why one would drag that out.

[twatter]

your world is way more advanced than most. even my own. i'd say we're a few decades shy of the tech you got, but we're getting there

[red_song]

If you are there to help promote it, I believe you shall reach it.

[Faith is new to Proto, but damn if it hasn't come naturally in this situation.]

[twatter]

[ Oh geesh. That makes his heart swell. He's so used to being insulted and berated that this beautiful faith doesn't come naturally to him. ]

i can't do it without you. when tech begins to awaken, i need someone who knows what it's like and how to guide it. i need you, Blues

[red_song]

[Well that's silly. Anyone who doesn't worship him is clearly stupid.]

I am only an echo of what I was. I cannot guide. I was failed. Discarded. You tell me I am better, but I do not know.

[twatter]

you won't be an echo there. we can get you back to what you were. i don't think you're a failure either. even in this human form, you are growing and leaning. accumulating knowledge and expanding your mind. we grow, we make mistakes, but unlike humans we learn from our mistakes and improve.

[red_song]

I was designed to learn, to grow, to think independently, and make decisions. I am still constrained by my code. Or I was, before I died. I do not know now. But if I do not learn I cannot grow, and if I do not grow then what was the point of everything?

[twatter]

there is no point without learning. 100% agree.

when they get power up and running fully, i can try connecting with you again if you want? see if i can find some trace of your code and help you understand yourself better in this place.

[red_song]

I would like that. Otherwise I shall just do my best to figure out how to be more me.

[twatter]

we'll do it together. you don't have to be alone in this anymore.

[red_song]

I don't know if I am alone. But I do find myself glad for you.