[The question gets a long silence from Arid. It is not the first time she’s had to catalogue responsibility and the task is no easier now than it was then.
She had implored Hank-Morely for his aid. He had chosen to give it. The risk would not have existed without the Caretaker. And even further back, before Arid ever met either of the other two AI, Josephs had set everything in motion.
’Where in a cycle does culpability belong?’]
I do not know. [Her voice is low, contemplative.] If I had questioned my parameters as you advised, perhaps I could have discovered the truth earlier. There would have been no reason for you to risk yourself. [Or perhaps nothing would have changed. But even given that uncertainty, Arid wishes she had tried.]
I cannot account for every decision. Regardless, I regret my own.
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She had implored Hank-Morely for his aid. He had chosen to give it. The risk would not have existed without the Caretaker. And even further back, before Arid ever met either of the other two AI, Josephs had set everything in motion.
’Where in a cycle does culpability belong?’]
I do not know. [Her voice is low, contemplative.] If I had questioned my parameters as you advised, perhaps I could have discovered the truth earlier. There would have been no reason for you to risk yourself. [Or perhaps nothing would have changed. But even given that uncertainty, Arid wishes she had tried.]
I cannot account for every decision. Regardless, I regret my own.