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Awww, thanks~

*Wry smile* You're not likely to hear me say it again.

Don't have to! ^^

Good.

You can't trust a machine.

I know that.

Robots, hmm?

There are a few around here.

I've noticed. There's a problem with that?

Of course not.

Of course not. So, what is the problem?

Who said there was a problem, Butler?

You're not the type to speak unless there's something on your mind.

You noticed that, then.

I did.

I... owed some... things... an apology.

I see.

I doubt it.

Do you?

You don't know anything about me, what I've been through.

I know enough about who you are. I'm considered fairly observant.

What do you know, then?

Fine.

You're a strong woman, determined, intelligent. You'll do anything for your child. You don't trust easily, if at all, but with good reason. I figure people view you as paranoid or even delusional, but you don't seem crazy to me. You've been through a lot, but it hasn't broken you. It's tempered you into something hard and tough. You're a survivor.

Close?

I... Yes. *Expression closes down, becomes cold and hard*

I think you're a lot like me.

Then I pity you.

Well. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well that's a step in a different direction.

You aren't on that list. Yet.

Doesn't matter. I can fully appreciate progress, even if I'm on the outside looking in.

*Glares slightly*

Servo: There. You see? Was that so hard?
Gypsy: Did you hurt yourself saying that? I brought the first aid just in case.
Crow: I don't even think MOST robots are bad. Just a few, but hell it was hard enough work to get THIS much out of you, so whatever.

I might have sprained something. *Slight smile*

Servo: Yeah, yeah....Gypsy?
Gypsy: Okay dear, where does it hurt?

*'bots snicker in the corner*

*Offers her arm, lips twitching*

What causes you to say that?

I... seem to have offended a small party of harmless machines. *Wry smile*

Is there such a thing as a harmless AI? Harmless ones lead to more sophisticated and deadly ones.

My people learned that the hard way.

That's... my thought, too. But these ones seem to be built for sarcasm only. It's... too much effort to keep... *Shakes head*