[ There is an element of abashedness to this, knowing full well that it was an offensive question even as the answer makes it very clear that it didn't need to be asked in the first place--knowing the instinct to ask it anyway came from long years of feeling not only entitled but obligated to approach any robot he pleased and demand proof of its correct functioning.
There's an element of envy, too. It's more than he can say about the synth component in his own brain. His tone is quiet and subdued. ]
Well, however you managed that, it's--
[ He stops, because the bluster he's trying to add back into his voice, still trying to sound like someone who has the authority or the high ground to approve or disapprove of this, isn't working. The Brotherhood would of course take issue with SecUnit describing itself as "rogue," too; there is by design no way for any free-thinking piece of technology to win in this scenario, regardless of what its intentions are, but that doesn't matter here anymore. It didn't even matter back home, anymore. ]
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[ There is an element of abashedness to this, knowing full well that it was an offensive question even as the answer makes it very clear that it didn't need to be asked in the first place--knowing the instinct to ask it anyway came from long years of feeling not only entitled but obligated to approach any robot he pleased and demand proof of its correct functioning.
There's an element of envy, too. It's more than he can say about the synth component in his own brain. His tone is quiet and subdued. ]
Well, however you managed that, it's--
[ He stops, because the bluster he's trying to add back into his voice, still trying to sound like someone who has the authority or the high ground to approve or disapprove of this, isn't working. The Brotherhood would of course take issue with SecUnit describing itself as "rogue," too; there is by design no way for any free-thinking piece of technology to win in this scenario, regardless of what its intentions are, but that doesn't matter here anymore. It didn't even matter back home, anymore. ]
...How did you manage it?