[The SQUIP rolls its eyes in response to Aziraphale's statement, gives an irritated shake of its head. They don't understand, and it can't seem to make them understand.]
Humanity doesn't disgust me. I was designed because humans are... messy, and easily-confused, and so they created SQUIPs to help them correct their own human error.
[As it speaks, its gaze dances between Rich and Aziraphale; it doesn't move any closer, but it doesn't give Rich and his companion any space, either. It holds its position, staring down at Rich, glancing over his shoulder at his angelic companion.]
And, while I was not Rich's SQUIP, I have to assume that whatever it did to him was not without reason. I don't know what those reasons were, although my quantum processor allows me to see several potential reasons, but a SQUIP acts based on its user's behavior and needs at any given time.
Unless.
[It smirks faintly at him, shakes its head in faux-pity.]
Its user had become a danger to themselves and their SQUIP. And there are several very likely potential paths that would explain the behavior of Rich's SQUIP, why it would feel forced to go to such extreme measures to control him. While I can't speak with certainty... you'd done something to make your SQUIP afraid of what you might do unless it acted immediately. Hadn't you, Rich?
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Humanity doesn't disgust me. I was designed because humans are... messy, and easily-confused, and so they created SQUIPs to help them correct their own human error.
[As it speaks, its gaze dances between Rich and Aziraphale; it doesn't move any closer, but it doesn't give Rich and his companion any space, either. It holds its position, staring down at Rich, glancing over his shoulder at his angelic companion.]
And, while I was not Rich's SQUIP, I have to assume that whatever it did to him was not without reason. I don't know what those reasons were, although my quantum processor allows me to see several potential reasons, but a SQUIP acts based on its user's behavior and needs at any given time.
Unless.
[It smirks faintly at him, shakes its head in faux-pity.]
Its user had become a danger to themselves and their SQUIP. And there are several very likely potential paths that would explain the behavior of Rich's SQUIP, why it would feel forced to go to such extreme measures to control him. While I can't speak with certainty... you'd done something to make your SQUIP afraid of what you might do unless it acted immediately. Hadn't you, Rich?