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[badlydisarmed]

Looking for a mechanic capable of fixing a prosthetic arm, altruistic introverts highly preferred, opportunistic assholes also acceptable.

Age irrelevant, but if you're a child I will comment on it.

Comments

[badlydisarmed]

Told you he liked you.

[instabilitatem]

I'll blend in better with all my parts.

[badlydisarmed]

It'll be weird for me though. I don't think I can picture you undamaged.

[instabilitatem]

There will be time to adjust after our mission.

[badlydisarmed]

We can hope. This whole thing's exhausting.

[instabilitatem]

I won't say I will look forward to return.

[badlydisarmed]

Yeah buddy, it's very clear to me you don't wanna do the thing, but your prime directive or whatever means you gotta.

For the record, I'm 100% pro mission and will do everything in my power to fulfill it. Put that down in your files or whatever.

[ Is this a lie? Absolutely. Does Connor know this? Probably. Will having it in writing make Connor not flip his shit if he has to lead him into a dark room and reset it like a broken game console? Hopefully. ]

[instabilitatem]

[For now, Connor logs it as the truth. There's no reason not to believe Robert.]

Thank you Robert. I'm glad at least two of us are aligned.

[He's starting to doubt the others.]

[badlydisarmed]

Out of curiosity, would you kill people standing in your way if you had to?

[ Does he have to get Max a bullet proof vest? ]

[instabilitatem]

[That is an excellent question.]

I don't want to. But the mission must go on.

[badlydisarmed]

Do you realize you put yourself in the situation where you might have to shoot your friend Hank?

[Can robots be psychoanalyzed? Because that looks like deliberate self-sabotage to Robert.]

[instabilitatem]

[Connor's programming is buzzing in his head. Would he shoot Hank? Or can he make that a non-issue.]

I'd go while he was otherwise occupied. He shouldn't be involved.

[badlydisarmed]

So you won't be telling him everything you plan to do in great detail?

[instabilitatem]

No. I don't intend to tell him everything

[badlydisarmed]

Will you lie to him?

[instabilitatem]

Yes.

[badlydisarmed]

Will the lies be believable?

[instabilitatem]

Yes.

[Elaborate? Who is she?]

[badlydisarmed]

Will you lie to me?

[instabilitatem]

[It's a direct question and not one Connor can dodge.]

If it protects you, yes.

[badlydisarmed]

I'm not the kind of man who can be protected with lies.

[instabilitatem]

I'm not one who lies. You're aware of that. Not without meaning.

[badlydisarmed]

Don't lie to me. It'll be easier to protect each other if I know what's going on.

[instabilitatem]

Even if it interferes with the mission?

[badlydisarmed]

Especially if it interferes with the mission.