[ Alphinaud blinks, looking as innocent as his sixteen years of life experience would suggest, before he seems to catch the hint and utters an oh of comprehension. ]
Are there many of those? [ Quickly: ] Not that I'm considering sampling any at this moment, of course.
[ He wouldn't be surprised if his saying so happens to materialize any of his other friends, though.
But he has little time to worry over his shoulder when the man's theory, which is grim to be sure but not quite unlike some of his own suspicions, has his expression shifting into pensiveness over his glass of water. ]
I had considered something similar myself — that such beings like Thomas were not always built this way, or built at all. Perhaps there is some essence of the true Thomas that still remains, enough of which that contradicts a machine's working purpose. And if such a thing could exist, I can only wonder if there are more of his number.
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[ Alphinaud blinks, looking as innocent as his sixteen years of life experience would suggest, before he seems to catch the hint and utters an oh of comprehension. ]
Are there many of those? [ Quickly: ] Not that I'm considering sampling any at this moment, of course.
[ He wouldn't be surprised if his saying so happens to materialize any of his other friends, though.
But he has little time to worry over his shoulder when the man's theory, which is grim to be sure but not quite unlike some of his own suspicions, has his expression shifting into pensiveness over his glass of water. ]
I had considered something similar myself — that such beings like Thomas were not always built this way, or built at all. Perhaps there is some essence of the true Thomas that still remains, enough of which that contradicts a machine's working purpose. And if such a thing could exist, I can only wonder if there are more of his number.