[ something about the whole explanation sits foully with her. and she wishes she could say it was the bit about attachments being discouraged because that seems though it should be a rather human reaction -- but, truthfully, she can altogether too easily see the see the sense it makes. terrible, icy sense. but sense all the same. beyond that, peggy supposes she struggles to acknowledge how rip's explanation could ever amount to anything more than an operative going into the field with a rather impressive tool.
except -- except! -- peggy had met gideon. spoken to, saw, experienced. at outset glances, one might never anticipate the 'program' was anything but human. suspicions only settled in after a bit of conversation and careful observation. but by that point, she'd already been offered the explanation that even the body was an unanticipated vessel here in wonderland.
she breathes in. and just about manages to refrain from saying that it's a rather sad commentary on him that he speaks so fondly, so longingly, of something that wasn't really real. so far as peggy is concerned. perhaps she would have felt differently had she gotten to know gideon. although, repeated encounters with f.r.i.d.a.y. hasn't done much to make her appreciate that system.
-- and for all her bedtime reading, peggy would still struggle distinguishing between an artificial intelligence and a cable tv guide. for this reason and many others, she recognizes that she mightn't be the ideal candidate to support rip through this loss.
for one, she barely characterizes it as a loss. ]
I imagine that rather cut down on cases of cabin fever. [ unhelpful, carter. she takes a moment to frown. she tries again: ]
She -- [ she? ] -- and I met only twice and only briefly but...for what it's worth, I do believe the majority of us are better off not being here. Artificial intelligences included.
[ this is a conversation she'd never have imagined herself having before coming here. and for a great many reasons. but at least she knows what the letters a and i mean when they're jammed together. ]
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except -- except! -- peggy had met gideon. spoken to, saw, experienced. at outset glances, one might never anticipate the 'program' was anything but human. suspicions only settled in after a bit of conversation and careful observation. but by that point, she'd already been offered the explanation that even the body was an unanticipated vessel here in wonderland.
she breathes in. and just about manages to refrain from saying that it's a rather sad commentary on him that he speaks so fondly, so longingly, of something that wasn't really real. so far as peggy is concerned. perhaps she would have felt differently had she gotten to know gideon. although, repeated encounters with f.r.i.d.a.y. hasn't done much to make her appreciate that system.
-- and for all her bedtime reading, peggy would still struggle distinguishing between an artificial intelligence and a cable tv guide. for this reason and many others, she recognizes that she mightn't be the ideal candidate to support rip through this loss.
for one, she barely characterizes it as a loss. ]
I imagine that rather cut down on cases of cabin fever. [ unhelpful, carter. she takes a moment to frown. she tries again: ]
She -- [ she? ] -- and I met only twice and only briefly but...for what it's worth, I do believe the majority of us are better off not being here. Artificial intelligences included.
[ this is a conversation she'd never have imagined herself having before coming here. and for a great many reasons. but at least she knows what the letters a and i mean when they're jammed together. ]