Allies? Not something Arid had mentioned. Or anything he'd have expected from the A.R.I.D who'd judged trust, care, and choice all irrelevant. But the revelations aren't done, and the newest set range from enlightening to... bizarre.
"<Removing hardware is not advisable.>"
He tamps back the reflexive phrase with effort. Out of the facility? Domesticon wouldn't dress a droid, and even if rescue came for Arid's colonel, it seemed unlikely they would waste time recovering more AI. And where had the Butler come from? Curiosity struggles against his own stuttering of unease—the root-deep pull of protocol (as ever) incompatible with facts.
Still, one thing seems clear enough.
"Someone's got a sense of humor." A beat. "Or thinks they do, anyway."
Retrieving droids from a recalibration facility, only to dress them in human clothes? Not that his new friend sounds too happy.
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"<Removing hardware is not advisable.>"
He tamps back the reflexive phrase with effort. Out of the facility? Domesticon wouldn't dress a droid, and even if rescue came for Arid's colonel, it seemed unlikely they would waste time recovering more AI. And where had the Butler come from? Curiosity struggles against his own stuttering of unease—the root-deep pull of protocol (as ever) incompatible with facts.
Still, one thing seems clear enough.
"Someone's got a sense of humor." A beat. "Or thinks they do, anyway."
Retrieving droids from a recalibration facility, only to dress them in human clothes? Not that his new friend sounds too happy.