Upon the bitter green she walked, the hills above the town echo to her footsteps

[saera_parrish]

as soft as Eider down;
Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears,
Waiting through the years.The mess hall was almost empty - a few scientists talked excitedly at one table, two teams that had recently gotten back from offworld ate quietly at a long table, an engineer and a gate technician were leaving hand-in-hand as Saera filled her tray

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[lady_atlantis]

She knew Saera was there before she spoke, but she waited for the question before she looked up. "Not at all, Dr. Parrish. Your company is always welcome."

[saera_parrish]

Saera sat down, the first few minutes passing in awkward silence. "So, um...would you rather I treat you as a person, or as a part of the city?"

[lady_atlantis]

She tilted her head, slightly confused. "Can't I be both? I'm one of the city's systems, and I appear as a person." She dropped her eyes back to the table. "I...confuse people, I know. Honestly, I'm not even sure myself, whether I'm just a subroutine or something...closer to human."

[saera_parrish]

Saera smiled sympathetically. "Yeah, that does sound like it would be a bit confusing. How about I just treat you as yourself and not overthink it? What would you like me to call you?"