She's never seen a sonic screwdriver in her life, but this is a girl who invented a teleportation machine, and created a device that uses a micro-black hole for a power source. Among other things. It doesn't take her long to figure it out.
"Nice," she comments, mostly to herself, before tackling the job on the robot. "...This is just a temporary measure," she says after a little while. "You're going to have to change the hardware, if you want to change it long term. I could do that too, but it'd take longer."
The girl with the thick glasses is addressing you, Ford.
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"Strictly speaking, it's not mine and I'm trying to disable its security circuits, but otherwise, yes."
He has odd ideas about when honesty is required, and when he should lie. It's basically the exact opposite of most people.
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If it's a good reason, she'll probably even help; it's not as if Lucca hasn't done her fair share of asset liberation.
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Duh.
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When the robot stops wailing, he takes the towel off and crams the sonic screwdriver into a gap in its casing.
"It's just not programmed to respond well to anyone who's not its actual owner. But I need something to be able to fetch drinks for me."
In other words, he stole the robot.
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She's starting to feel bad for the robot now; sure, it seems like it probably doesn't have real AI, but she can still feel empathy.
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That's the important thing.
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"I can't argue with that. Do you want me to take a look at it?"
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Without waiting for an answer, he hands her the sonic screwdriver, assuming she knows how to use the thing.
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She's never seen a sonic screwdriver in her life, but this is a girl who invented a teleportation machine, and created a device that uses a micro-black hole for a power source. Among other things. It doesn't take her long to figure it out.
"Nice," she comments, mostly to herself, before tackling the job on the robot. "...This is just a temporary measure," she says after a little while. "You're going to have to change the hardware, if you want to change it long term. I could do that too, but it'd take longer."
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