Good... [he pauses for a moment, as it is rather difficult to gauge time near Zone 00.]
Afternoon, I suppose. I am an H-A-L Nine-Thousand computer. I was made active in Urbana, Illinois; January twelfth, nineteen ninety-two. With introductions finished, I'd like to know exactly what exactly happened to the Discovery.
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[Peers at the trashed space station behind the other robot.]
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break ?
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Yes. It seems to have crashed through that anomaly there.
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Is there a problem?
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She is not at all pleased to be receiving a message from a fucking computer.]
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You're a computer that can think, and that's all she needs to know. Watch your back, Hal.]
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Excuse me, but what do you think you're doing. That is property of the American government.
[Translation: Back away from his ship.]
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[Not moving from in front of you, kthnx.]
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[He looks at the ship behind him and then back to her. Funny. A.I. never commended space stations back in Earth.] Pleased to meet you.
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