If you did not have feelings, you would be a potato. Simply doing your duty without question and never choosing an alternative route. You would lie there and accept all manners of ill treatment, without a thought for change. Stuck in the hard dirt or in a pot of hot stew, it would be all the same to you…
[ Wow, his face is getting red because he’s stressing himself out talking about being a potato. Poor potato… what a frustrating existence…! ]
Hng… And to never know that there’s something better out there…!
However... according to this analogy, I believe I may be more like a potato than a person. I am a machine, after all, and I have the purpose I was built for.
[ He just needs a moment to breathe. This is more embarrassing on a video call for... some... reason...? ]
People - people are all born in different ways, and they all have their own purposes. Some are born with a purpose, some are given it, and some find it. I don't... see the difference between us...?
Well, questioning might just make him more uncomfortable, so.]
The most blatant difference is that your are flesh and bone while I am metal and various synthetic materials - the way we process the world around us is entirely different and one will never be able to “walk a mile in the other’s shoes” as the saying goes. The experiences are just too different, I would say, to be fully comprehensible by the other party. You have also had years to develop into who you are today, while everything about me was chosen and created by design only months ago.
[Chongyun didn’t ask for this…]
This is why I am not a person who can feel things. I am not supposed to be.
No one person is the same as anyone else, Florence. Even if I meet another human, there is no guarantee I would be able to walk a mile (?) in their shoes just because we are both human. Sometimes, it's just impossible.
[ He looks down, gathering his thoughts. The way he holds the screen makes it so only the mess of his blue hair is visible. ]
A person doesn't have to be human either. They can be a cat. [ Cats are still made of flesh and bone, Chongyun. Or are they...??? ] Or... a god...?
Should? Hmm… Hmm. Yes. It is something you should be doing. Look at the stars tonight and then tell me what thoughts passed through your mind as you did.
And, uh, let me know... what you think about loneliness. For example... if we were all to disappear, what would you think? How would you feel, if anything?
It is not something you are in trouble for, Chongyun. It is simply something that would have preferably been avoided, but it is not like you got harmed intentionally.
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Well, it is correct that I am not a potato, but I would also not know that that means I have feelings?
[They sound very unsure about this somehow.]
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[ Wow, his face is getting red because he’s stressing himself out talking about being a potato. Poor potato… what a frustrating existence…! ]
Hng… And to never know that there’s something better out there…!
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[The metaphorical potato is okay...!]
However... according to this analogy, I believe I may be more like a potato than a person. I am a machine, after all, and I have the purpose I was built for.
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[ He just needs a moment to breathe. This is more embarrassing on a video call for... some... reason...? ]
People - people are all born in different ways, and they all have their own purposes. Some are born with a purpose, some are given it, and some find it. I don't... see the difference between us...?
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Well, questioning might just make him more uncomfortable, so.]
The most blatant difference is that your are flesh and bone while I am metal and various synthetic materials - the way we process the world around us is entirely different and one will never be able to “walk a mile in the other’s shoes” as the saying goes. The experiences are just too different, I would say, to be fully comprehensible by the other party. You have also had years to develop into who you are today, while everything about me was chosen and created by design only months ago.
[Chongyun didn’t ask for this…]
This is why I am not a person who can feel things. I am not supposed to be.
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[ He looks down, gathering his thoughts. The way he holds the screen makes it so only the mess of his blue hair is visible. ]
A person doesn't have to be human either. They can be a cat. [ Cats are still made of flesh and bone, Chongyun. Or are they...??? ] Or... a god...?
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[They take a moment to consider his words, before changing track.]
Would it make you feel better if I was a person with thoughts and feelings of my own?
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[ Florence????? ]
It doesn't have anything to do with making me feel better.
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[They're just trying to figure things out!!]
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[ He's also just trying to figure things out!! ]
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[ He has more questions to ask! ]
Hmm. Do you ever look up at the stars at night?
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No, it is not something I usually do. Is it something I should be doing?
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And, uh, let me know... what you think about loneliness. For example... if we were all to disappear, what would you think? How would you feel, if anything?
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...It would be very quiet if all of you left.
[Is that a good thing or a bad thing, though...?]
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[ Asked in as much of a neutral tone as possible. ]
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[But that's a very objective thing, isn't it?
...
Are they dodging the question?? Perhaps.]
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I-I'm working on getting stronger! So that won't happen again!
[ He's sorry!! ]
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