025. Warning

[electroniccrane]

[locked to Zelda and Batou // unhackable]One of the defining traits of sociopathy is glib charm. However, the sociopath lacks true affect and doesn't feel the sympathy he's feigning. His interpersonal interactions are merely the means to an end--specifically, feeding his continual need for stimulation and excitement, regardless of the

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[Locked to Motoko // 30% Unhackable]

[oblique_wisdom]

You must be looking out for everyone to say such things. It is true, there are less than reputable people aboard, but... it seems wrong to judge people so harshly, even if many others do.

...I promise to watch myself and to be careful. It... would not be unheard of for anyone to have ulterior motives. Thank you... Motoko Kusanagi, is it not?

[Zelda has not exchanged words with this one often and she's well aware of it. She does, however, seem to remember.]

[locked to Zelda // unhackable]

[electroniccrane]

[Well, she was warned. If Zelda wants to walk into a trap because of some ridiculous notion of fair play, it's not Kusanagi's problem.]

Major Kusanagi, yes.

[locked to Motoko // 30% hackable]

[oblique_wisdom]

Oh... Major Kusanagi, then. My apologies.

If... I may, who is it that you are speaking of?

[Zelda has second thoughts about a few people she's familiar with, and in her opinion, any of them could be... sociopaths.]

[locked to Zelda // unhackable]

[electroniccrane]

Erol, primarily.

[Hmm, to queer Ashford's scam or not? He's Ace's, and she does like Ace...]

He's the only person aboard I'd classify as a clinical sociopath. But the tactic of superficial charm is the initial stage of any number of scams.

[By the Major's standards, that's practically spelling it out.]