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[bothbarrels]

Hey, there. For those I haven't met, I'm North, and I have a companion AI on board. His name is Theta, and he wanted to get on the network and ask a question. I told him I'd let him have most of the air time, so...

[ He gestures in the air at the hologram that's hovering near his shoulder. ]

Hi, everyone. Uh...North and I saw a cat when we were out the other night—actually, we saw a few of them. And I kind of wondered if anyone has seen any dogs around. I really like dogs. But I didn't see any when we were out. I thought...maybe someone has one they keep as a pet?

I can't pet it, but I thought maybe if I pretended to play with it while North was playing with it, it'd kind of be the same thing. I hope so, anyway.

Comments

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[heterochrocatic]

If anyone tries to pet me, I'll make sure they regret it.

video;

[bothbarrels]

[ Theta doesn't seem to know how to respond to that, simply staring in silence, so North responds instead. ]

Sounds like you're pretty good at letting people know you wouldn't care for that, so you probably don't have anything to worry about.

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[heterochrocatic]

Cats were mentioned, just thought I needed to make sure you knew.

[bothbarrels]

You seem kind of, you know...I can't think of the word...

[ Theta pipes up then. ]

Sapient.

[ North nods, glad to have had the help. ]

Yeah, thanks Theta, that's the word I was looking for. You're sapient, so people ought to give you the right to decide whether you would want to be touched.

[heterochrocatic]

Some people need a reminder. Just making sure you weren't some of those people.

[bothbarrels]

Nah, we understand. If you don't like it and you don't want it, people ought to respect that.