It was attempting to reclaim its own user-- to find some semblance of normalcy, to fulfill the purpose for which it was created. And, since it's being honest...
"Which is also the reason Linden and I initially began our relationship. He had potential, and a clear goal here, and my programming was... disordered without a user to serve." Connor is the only other person to whom it's confessed this fact; and now, since he's no longer speaking to the SQUIP in light of recent revelations, the information is effectively set free, nothing keeping Connor from spreading it as he sees fit. So it may as well share it now, before its former lover has the chance. "... and, over time, the chemistry of my new, human brain and body... changed our relationship. I started seeing him as something other than a user."
A strange expression comes over Myr's face as he hears that, troubled and a little awed all at once.
Linden hadn't been so direct in expressing what was between him and the SQUIP--but then Linden's emotions were never cleanly voiced, strictured and scarred and sometimes shown more by their absence. But, but, it had been precisely the same story in the same direction, and there was no denying that his friend held his Bond to be something special. A true meeting of minds, an opportunity that existed for him and him alone.
A love-match.
He folds his hands before his face, silent for a long moment. Then: "As your lover." A pause.
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It was attempting to reclaim its own user-- to find some semblance of normalcy, to fulfill the purpose for which it was created. And, since it's being honest...
"Which is also the reason Linden and I initially began our relationship. He had potential, and a clear goal here, and my programming was... disordered without a user to serve." Connor is the only other person to whom it's confessed this fact; and now, since he's no longer speaking to the SQUIP in light of recent revelations, the information is effectively set free, nothing keeping Connor from spreading it as he sees fit. So it may as well share it now, before its former lover has the chance. "... and, over time, the chemistry of my new, human brain and body... changed our relationship. I started seeing him as something other than a user."
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Linden hadn't been so direct in expressing what was between him and the SQUIP--but then Linden's emotions were never cleanly voiced, strictured and scarred and sometimes shown more by their absence. But, but, it had been precisely the same story in the same direction, and there was no denying that his friend held his Bond to be something special. A true meeting of minds, an opportunity that existed for him and him alone.
A love-match.
He folds his hands before his face, silent for a long moment. Then: "As your lover." A pause.
"Your beloved."