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[looksfine]

[You may be pleased to know, certain residents of Keelai, that Aya had no intentions of offering another long-winded highly detailed technical analysis of...whatever it is she's up to at the moment.  In fact, her latest message is surprisingly simple:]

It has been brought to my attention that my choice of vocabulary and diction is considered...unnecessarily formal by some.

[To put it mildly.]

I have made several attempts to alter my speech patterns, but have realized that I still lack a more concise understanding of what precisely entails formal versus familiar speech.  Therefore, I am seeking any an all information regarding more colloquial expressions or terms that may be used in everyday conversation, which I will do my best to learn and subsequently employ accordingly.

Thank you.



((PRIVATE TO: HAL JORDAN (2011) - 100% AYA ENCRYPTED))

[Her eyes narrow, however, when the following message is delivered.  Anger was not quite an accurate assessment of her emotions at that particular moment...but annoyance wouldn't have been a stretch.]

You did not follow through with your agreement to meet with me last month, and have since done nothing to rectify this error.

I wish to know why.

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[runawayandroid]

Interested is one way of putting it, I guess.

...You mind if I encrypt this conversation?

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[looksfine]

[...curious]

Not at all.

Though may I ask why?

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[runawayandroid]

Uh, yeah. Sorry, I guess it is kind of weird.

I, uh. Am an AI, I guess, from one perspective? But I'd kind of like not too many people to know, that's all.

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[looksfine]

[There was a faint look of surprise when he announced this. She would never have guessed based on sight alone, but now that his Truth had been revealed, she looked extremely pleased.]

Is there a reason why you desire this to be a secret?

I can assure you, there are many here who do not seem to hold negative prejudices against Artificial Intelligence such as ourselves.

[The few whom she didn't get along with so well...those had been completely different reasons, surprisingly enough. They disliked her for her, and only brought into question her nature because they found it a viable insult.]

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[runawayandroid]

[Yeah, that was mostly the whole point. He looks human because he's designed to pass as one. Also, because on the surface, he is human.]

Last time people found out about it, it caused kind of a mess, even if it was more about who made me than what I am. Really, though, it's less the negative prejudices and more that people tend to start acting weird about it. Just easier not to deal with it, most of the time.

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[looksfine]

Weird...how?

[She would not protest his desire to keep his true nature a secret, if that was what he wished. But she couldn't help feel curiosity over why his experiences appeared to be so different from hers.]

[You know...aside from the occasional rude Star Sapphire Queen....]

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[runawayandroid]

Well, for one we had this alien friend who thought all robots were servants. And the rest of my friends bring it up a lot. Most of the time, they're joking, but it's still kind of annoying.

[He shrugs.]

And people who don't know me sometimes get kind of freaked out. Apart from my dad, looking human and not being human makes people nervous, you know?

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[looksfine]

[...okay, that first part, Aya could agree with. Her presence had been "allowed" on the Star Sapphire planet because they believed she "served" the heroes they had openly welcomed.]

Not precisely, as my form was not based on human design.