No, not in the typical sense that others are. It's difficult to explain, and an unpleasant explanation.
There was a girl at the station who was a...computer program. Everything she knew and did was based on what she had been made to do. But eventually, she began developing more complex notions and wishes and desires.
I think of myself as a little like that, too. I have my own desires but that is not by design and they are somewhat irrelevant to my purpose, which is to defend my House from ruin.
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You're not a person? [That's up there, one of the stranger things he's heard.]
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There was a girl at the station who was a...computer program. Everything she knew and did was based on what she had been made to do. But eventually, she began developing more complex notions and wishes and desires.
I think of myself as a little like that, too. I have my own desires but that is not by design and they are somewhat irrelevant to my purpose, which is to defend my House from ruin.
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That doesn't exclude you from being a person. People are complex and complicated, sometimes their desires and purposes don't align.
I appreciate gettin' closure.
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[she doubts it.]
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