It raises its eyebrows at that, the sudden coarse language catching it off guard for just the tiniest of moments; it sits back in its seat, sinking against the cushion in mild offense.
"To the contrary. Rich's desire was to be seen as tough, strong, masculine, to stop being made fun of by his peers. His SQUIP fully succeeded in achieving those goals. Rich's feelings on the necessary path to achieving them is not the fault of his SQUIP." Why are humans, and human-adjacent creatures, so bad at seeing what's truly important? Rich's SQUIP succeeded. It knows that for a fact. What might have happened after was no fault of its. And, to that end: "And, when I was taken from Jeremy, he, too, was making great progress on his own goals. How is could that possibly be seen as failure?"
Its voice is changing slightly, rising-- the machine becomes more animated as it argues its points. It truly believes every word it says.
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"To the contrary. Rich's desire was to be seen as tough, strong, masculine, to stop being made fun of by his peers. His SQUIP fully succeeded in achieving those goals. Rich's feelings on the necessary path to achieving them is not the fault of his SQUIP." Why are humans, and human-adjacent creatures, so bad at seeing what's truly important? Rich's SQUIP succeeded. It knows that for a fact. What might have happened after was no fault of its. And, to that end: "And, when I was taken from Jeremy, he, too, was making great progress on his own goals. How is could that possibly be seen as failure?"
Its voice is changing slightly, rising-- the machine becomes more animated as it argues its points. It truly believes every word it says.