GODLY AUDIENCES - CONNOR

[divus]

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[divus]

Oh yeah, don't worry about them. We get along. [There's a note of happiness though. He loves his followers, thank you...]

...see that last sentence is what concerns me. You can't override your orders if something else comes up?

[tootsiepop]

No one in this competition has the authorization to give me an order I can't override. Not even Justice. Only CyberLife possesses this authorization... And CyberLife isn't here.

[Not even Amanda is here, so, you know.]

It's why I've been able to do as I've pleased for the majority the time I have spent here.

[divus]

Huh. Okay, so maybe that's not as bad. [He sounds a little relieved, actually.] So you can still have your own agency...like a conscience, almost.

[tootsiepop]

It's a close enough approximation. Were you concerned someone could order me to kill?

[divus]

A little bit, yeah. Or order you to stand down and let them attack someone else.

[tootsiepop]

One of my core directives is the preservation of human life. I wouldn't stand down if someone's life was in danger.

[divus]

...Connor can I ask you something? What exactly is your wish?

[tootsiepop]

My wish aligns with the mission given to me by my creators. To stop the deviant uprising, for the sake and safety of mankind.

[divus]

And that hasn't changed at all?

[tootsiepop]

[...

Slowly:]

My wants... are the same as those of my creators. There's nothing else I could wish for.

[divus]

But you know you can want other things, right? Even if it's not a wish...it's a thought.

[tootsiepop]

I'm just a machine, Merriment. I can only want what I'm programmed to desire.

[divus]

...what about if someone else programmed you to be something you want to be?