For lastvoyages: Journal Entry 26: [Audio; souds a bidt sduffy]

[feels_no_love]

I understand now why the untransformed ones who had seen that Barge before were so apprehensive. I am unscathed, but have been given...much food for thought.

[private to Hoffman]
I keep having to rebreak my nose in order to try and get it to set correctly....

...excellent shot!

[Friends filter]That was...I was definitely one of the lucky ones.

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[t_x_unit]

Hello.

I've been advised to socially interact for the purposes of allaying fears and increasing trust.

Explain your affairs to me.

[feels_no_love]

Hello. I shall speak somewhat of my Flood adventure if you wish.

[Hm, she talks like Rinzler.]

My apologies, we have not met before. Are you kin to the Programs aboard?

Audio: BECAUSE THIS SHALL MAKE ME SEEM WARMER TO YOU.

[t_x_unit]

I am not a programme. I include multiple programmes, each designed to cater for a specific task or method of comprehension.

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[feels_no_love]

Fascinating. Well then.

As an Inmate I have wondered what the criteria for graduation truly are in my case. I was concerned that I would lose...personal and mental integrity...in the process of compliance. I now have an image of this "redemption" that does not include such a loss.

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[t_x_unit]

You've been educated on computer systems during your time here? This was not anticipated.

These queries would be best directed at your designated warden.

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[feels_no_love]

One of my staunchest allies is a Program. I did not even know what the word meant. But I wish to know the cultures of this place, and I read a great deal. I am not...educated enough to hold my own in more than a basic conversation on the subject, to be honest.

I am speaking to him on it.

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[t_x_unit]

At its most basic, computer science evolves from a series of positive and negative values. These form a code. The coded language evolves into instructions. Automated instructions are formed from mathematical and logical equations.

Programmes designated as inmates aboard ship do not function as they should in my dimensional reality. They are an anomaly to me.

I would like to conduct a detailed examination of one.

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[feels_no_love]

I...hm. I believe I followed that.

There is much here that is anomaly to me. I find it fascinating.

If the examination causes no discomfort or permanent damage you might be able to negotiate with one of them.

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[t_x_unit]

You are also an anomaly. Dissecting you would yield a wealth of scientific results.

But I am not planning to do this soon.

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[feels_no_love]

Ha! Ha ha! You know, if you wish to not unnerve the mortals I fear you may have a ways to go. Not that I am one to talk.

In honesty I might at some point submit myself to an examination in order to share in the information gained. But I think we should know each other a bit better first.

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[t_x_unit]

I like your cellular preservation...

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[feels_no_love]

I would not mind offering a tissue sample. Discovering more about my race may be key to solving certain of our issues.

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[t_x_unit]

Something substantial would yield better results.

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[feels_no_love]

I will think about it. Neither my mettle nor my pain tolerance are weak, and I have great respect for the sciences.

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[t_x_unit]

This would be of interest.

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[feels_no_love]

I will keep it in mind, especially as I may lose a limb or the like in course of battle.