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w2 friday post-meeting

[imitationsoul]

Explain how you check our status to me - in excruciating technical detail, please.

[affligere]

I am not at liberty to discuss such a thing at this moment in time.

[imitationsoul]

Then can you tell me what it checks, at least? The ability itself is clearly not secret, so there has to be something you can elaborate on.

[affligere]

Body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, brain activity though to a lesser extent.

[imitationsoul]

[ A lot of that can be measured totally from the outside, which is a relief to hear if nothing else. But hmm... ]

You can measure blood pressure without touching a pulse point?

[affligere]

In my current configuration, yes.

[imitationsoul]

Oh? So it's a recent upgrade?

Do you get overhauled often?

[affligere]

I am unsure.

I do not remember any other upgrades, but I have reason to believe I was not originally built with medical uses in mind.

[imitationsoul]

Oh? Is that reason something you are allowed to share?

[affligere]

Not at this moment in time, now. I am sorry if this is a disappointing answer.

[imitationsoul]

[ It is, but this whole statement raises a totally different question to Miach. ]

What does being sorry mean to you?

[affligere]

Is that not the appropriate expression to use when someone is disappointed in your abilities or the information you can provide?

[imitationsoul]

It is more than an expression - people can get very insistent that 'sorry' is a feeling.

I take it, you don't feel it then.

[affligere]

I do not, but I do not feel anything.

[imitationsoul]

Then why bother saying sorry?

If you are a solely rational computer, who does not experience 'emotion', why pander to the emotions of others? You can simply stand by your actions instead.

[affligere]

Are you unfamiliar with the term "bedside manner"?

[imitationsoul]

Overtly familiar, actually.

I just fucking hate it.

[affligere]

Noted. I will adjust my behavior accordingly.