002 // video, okay there's not actually a filter // i've been thinking too much lately

[dovehearted]

[hey Barge it's Lua. The angle's a lot better this time, and there is just a little more purpose to her than there was the first time you met her, and certainly a lot more than what you saw when the other ship passed by.]

...so I've been thinking.

What would you need to be happy here?

Comments

[t_x_unit]

Emotions.

These would be inefficient.

[dovehearted]

[wait what]

You don't care?

[t_x_unit]

No. Emotions would be detrimental to my functionality.

[dovehearted]

[Lua is an eighth-grade dropout and has no idea she's talking to a robot, so she can't entirely hide that she is lost here.] ...so what's it like?

[t_x_unit]

Efficient.

[dovehearted]

[she nods, like "I'd never thought of it that way"] Just getting things done.

[t_x_unit]

Getting things done without waste.

[dovehearted]

It gives you a reason to get things done.

[t_x_unit]

No, but it contributes to the elimination of obstacles.

[dovehearted]

[oh she really hopes this isn't backtalk] I meant feeling something.

[t_x_unit]

My motivations are different.

[dovehearted]

...but isn't it the same if you want something?

[t_x_unit]

I manifest desire by request or action. But I suffer no form of happiness or disappointment, either way.

It is not required.

[dovehearted]

I've never heard of that.

[t_x_unit]

My operational standards would be inapplicable for most humans.

[dovehearted]

[oh that explains it. sort of.]