On game-hunting

[systemtrace]

Yes, I'm sure.

Don't be a null-unit. It's not like I'm leaving behind anything better.

And stop making the other muns cry. It happened, I kept running, end of line.

As for the rest of your baseless speculation, well. I'll probably never know, will I?

Comments

[gamma_rage]

Ah, you're an artificial life form? Fascinating.

[systemtrace]

You must be a User.

[Her eyes cut sideways a moment.]

I'm not that special.

[gamma_rage]

I'm sorry, a . . . User? What does that mean?

I think that most people are more than they appear. And you are the first AI that I've met in human form.

[systemtrace]

End user. [A pause, looking for words that might translate better.] You write or command programs, yes?

Thank you, I think.

[gamma_rage]

Sometimes. That's more Tony's thing than mine, but yes, I've created programs. Are - are they all like you?

Ah. Yes. That was meant to be a compliment. My apologies - I sometimes get a little too wrapped up in the science of things.

[systemtrace]

I would think so. I'm not completely sure. [A wry look.] I'm told it depends on how rubber-science a place is.

It's all right. I prefer curiosity to the alternatives.