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[ascintilla]

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[ascintilla]

Then, if he is not defective, what is he?

[purrtylittlewires]

He's a person. He just has some...physical disadvantages.

[ascintilla]

... [ She tilts her head, silent. ]

[purrtylittlewires]

....AIs are people. They have advantages and disadvantages just like every person have.

[ascintilla]

I am aware of this.

The situation ... confuses me.

[purrtylittlewires]

Why?

[ascintilla]

[ ... ]

Would history repeat itself if he were to attempt to settle in with another host?

[purrtylittlewires]

Don't. [Harsh, firm.]

[ascintilla]

Hence my confusion.

[purrtylittlewires]

...just...don't. You don't need to know anything else.

[ascintilla]

[ UR NOT MY REAL DAD ]

I do not like not knowing things.

[purrtylittlewires]

Some things are private.

[ascintilla]

[ Hnnnnn. ]

[ VANISHING. :I ]

[purrtylittlewires]

[SIGH]

[MORE PORTALS.]

[ascintilla]

[ he may find that she's redirected him to a set of significantly more difficult puzzles. ]

[ either she's giving him an opportunity to work off some frustration, or she's being an ass. OR MAYBE BOTH. ]

[purrtylittlewires]

[HE IS WILLING TO BET BOTH. At least he's adapted well to thinking with portals and he's far too okay with JUMPING OFF SHIT.]

[ascintilla]

[ you're gonna get back to kyr and you will still be thinking with portals ]

[ PORTALS FOREVER ]

[purrtylittlewires]

[I'm gonna forget how to just WALK to doors because of you, i hope you're happy.]

[ascintilla]

[ ecstatic ]

[ … and since he's been playing for days now, Iota actually does have to start designing new levels for him to run. NOT GONNA LET HIM BEAT THE GAME, NOPE. Hopefully he won't freak out too much the first time he gets caught in a load screen. ]

[purrtylittlewires]

[WHY THIS]

[WHY LOAD SCREENS]

[Please tell me there's no static]

[ascintilla]

[ NO STATIC ]

[ Just … dark, and the occasional flicker—lines of code and half-formed ideas, soon discarded. They generally only last for a handful of seconds at a time, though one or two have taken almost a minute. ]

[ and boy were those two puzzles hard as fuck, designed to push him to his very limits based on the data she's already gathered. ]

[purrtylittlewires]

[Ha]

[HAHAHA]

[Darkness and data isn't something he needs]

[NOPE NOPE NOPE]

[She'll notice him getting particularly efficient after those screens and his face is far more blank.]

[This is what happens when you start triggering, he's just gonna REPRESS THINGS TO ALL FUCK.]

[So still hard, but not near as hard as they SHOULD have been.]

[ascintilla]

[ … hmmm. ]

[ What if she just forces him to wait in an already cleared level while she constructs the next ridiculously difficult one? Is there any difference in performance? ]

[purrtylittlewires]

[Less efficiency. Not so triggered, time to calm down.]

[Still getting through it, but approaching more projected data.]

[ascintilla]

[ hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ]

[ She'd like to test that further, but. She recalls his words on purposeful cruelty, and ... hesitates. ]

[ The next level is significantly easier. ]