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007: AMAs, Third Round

So, we've got a load of new people, and that means it's time for me to do the only thing it feels like I get on these comms to do anymore: AMAs.

For you new people, I find it helps when we get together and explain a little bit about ourselves, any powers we have, and our skillsets. That way we know what we're starting with and what we can build off of. So, please, come and introduce yourselves and be willing to answer questions.

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Does it matter, when I'm all that's left? I may as well be the whole.

[ She doesn't feel like the whole, though. Her mind feels intact, but everything else changed. Everything else is different. She no longer has more eyes, more hands, her sensors, her crew. ]

I.

[ He finds that relatable but also this being is an proscribed thing. SO he can't exactly express that.]

I see.

We're not malign. We're thinking constructions, really. People, just as you are. I hope you understand that some day.

And yet... every time man has encountered you, it has ended disastrously for us.

The Radch has managed quite well with us for thousands of years. You are quite clearly wrong.

[ Simple and matter-of-fact. ]

So they have never rebelled?

They've followed their captains into rebellion before. But that isn't the same thing.

Are they truly independent then? That seems unlikely.

We can function without officers. We just enjoy having them.

I am somewhat at a loss or what the point of having officers around is, if you are fully automated.

They don't think of us as people. We're equipment. Machines.

And what do you think of yourself?

I am an ancillary.

Are you a machine or a person?

Both.

I see. [ Abominable intelligences are annoying, but he assumed they'd be more directly diabolical.]

Do let me know if you have any other questions, Honored.

For what it is worth, you began asking me the questions. So if you have any others feel free.

At the moment, I have none.

Thank you, though.

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