[Voice, Unprotected]

[songofthedeep]

Damn, what have I missed? Did things go balls up around here when I wasn't looking?

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[archive_sky]

Welcome back, Cerceus. You have missed quite a bit.

[songofthedeep]

So I've heard. All right there, Ark?

[archive_sky]

Yes. I sustained extensive damage to my organic tissue recovering Hans from the fire, but it seems that the regenerative field has reactivated and it has since repaired itself.

[songofthedeep]

Why'd you rescue him?

[Cerceus, being familiar with the terminator, is one of the only ones to think to ask this question]

[archive_sky]

...I don't know.

[and for Ark, who is essentially nothing BUT knowledge, this is a big deal]

I have been attempting to analyze my actions, but so far it remains an anomaly.

[songofthedeep]

Should you be concerned about an anomaly in your program that results in so much damage to your... er... organic sheath?

[archive_sky]

I am concerned about any anomaly in my programming. It was an anomaly that led me to arrive in this place to begin with.

[songofthedeep]

Maybe you're turning human.

[He's teasing her, but there's an element of seriousness in it too... after all, she came to Sheol, so she must have a soul of sorts, and now she's sacrificing herself to save a life.]

[archive_sky]

[quietly]

Maybe.

[songofthedeep]

First intelligence, then morality... that's a fun progression.

[archive_sky]

You are forgetting that emotions and the impulses that stem from them develop before morality. It's a dangerous progression.

[songofthedeep]

I've seen morality without emotion and emotion without morality.

But yeah, I get it. It's a dangerous progression.