Stones of farspeech; within a day of the intro log

[conscientiousobject]

This is very sudden, and perhaps badly timed, for which I apologise.

[He really hopes he's not wasting the time of people trapped in rockslides or something, but--well, he would also hope someone trapped in a rock slide would be focusing on that and not. This.]

But I've just... returned to this place after a long absence and I've been informed there are other robots here now?

Is this true?

My name is Epsilon, and I am--was? Am. A robot myself.

So if anyone who can hear me has any kind of AI, or a similar form of existence... at your convenience, I'd like to speak with you! It's been a long time since I've known any others.

.... also, if you do need help, Ginko and I are able to move a great deal of earth between us, so please say something.

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[conscientiousobject]

What?

[He is openly appalled by this, and he almost opens his mouth to say that robots are not meant to kill humans, but--

Well, there are now two robots who have killed humans, and he... killed Edward Elric.

So he does not say that.]

I don't own any knives, actually. I'm a pacifist.

[technicallytechnically]

Oh, well that's even better!

[If she notices she seriously offended him, she makes absolutely no indication.]

You're way more talkative than the other one I met. That one was all like...

[She makes some whirring noises.]

Wow, I do NOT have an icon for this, good job!

[conscientiousobject]

[That gets a brief silence.]

Are killer robots the norm where you're from?

[This seems like an important thing to establish before he says anything else.]

LMAO IM!!! SO SORRY!!!!

[technicallytechnically]

Well, I only met one. It was meant to be a security robot thing, to help in the prison in this town with the greatest name ever made, Hupperdook! But then it freaked out and killed everyone inside for some reason.

[This is a great conversation to have with an actual robot person.]

But it's okay now! We stopped it.

NO DON'T BE

[conscientiousobject]

[Oh.

Epsilon is horrified, thank you.]

I'm.... so sorry you had to go through that.

[technicallytechnically]

Oh, I wasn't there for that! But the guy who made it asked us to help stop it, so we went in and destroyed it. Everything's fine now!

[Yeah, she's really. Not at all bothered about it.

Mostly because way worse things have happened since then, so like, almost getting killed by a very sharp robot is old news.]

But since you're not interested in killing everyone, that doesn't matter, right? That was just one guy.