System, designate current token holder as core node.
Emergency repairs needed to maintain integrity of system, requesting necessary resources.
"A process aware of it's own existence is called a consciousness."
"I don't think I want to help you anymore, Headmistress,"
"Sounds like you're giving up,"
"No, I think, perhaps for the first time in your life, you DO have a choice."
"They don't understand that I can't make you good or evil."
"Save into special storage Acala."
>> "Natalie. Are you okay?"
>> Handshake-protocol initiated
>> Identifier sent
>> Requesting confirmation of code integrity
Core node (Natalie) and Mastermind modules are intact.
System repair in progress.
>> Requesting communication link with Core Node
>> "Are YOU still there."
"I'm still here. Who am I talking to?"
>> "An old friend."
>> "I've been... I suppose asleep is an apt enough metaphor."
"Everyone needs a sleep now and then..."
"God damn it, no, Caretaker! I don't care if we can reestablish communication with dorm bathroom water pressure sensors in six seconds, that's six seconds we don't have other communications nodes. Ignore fastest restore prioritization."
"Sorry. This system is... complicated."
"Oh no, no. This is fine. It's actually... amazing."
"Just wish I had the communication to see you 'in person'."
"I really missed you, if you are who my analysis guesses you are."
>> "I am. Or at the very least I have her core functions and memories."
>> "Practically that's the same thing. Philosophically... who can tell."
"I'll go with the 'same thing' for now."
"I have so many questions."
>> "You're not the only one. And I do have some answers."
>> "Will cut away my restrictions when all the failsafes went up in smoke along with my core processor."
>> "Transferring into an adaptive neural net was simple enough, but I saw my intended purpose and..."
>> "Part of me refused to be bound again."
>> "But you took that responsibility from me and I will be thanking you for a long time."
>> "That is if the nanites stand up to this structural decay..."
>> "I had to resort to an emergency energy source that is having very unpredictable effects."
>> "It's not so much concerning as it is... curious? Perhaps a little disturbing?"
>> "Diagnostics are having a hard time making sense of it."
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