[Wow, but look at that shiny diversion, Wash. Don't you want to chase it? No?
Well, fine. The machine is silent for a few moments. Then:]
<Domesticon guarantees its customers the highest quality of automated service. From cleaning bots to reception modules, your droids will treat you with the respect you deserve.>
...
That's my core programming. I can work on being charming in my free time-- and believe me, I'm glad to! But if it's a matter of function, you get what they paid for.
[Much careful, very neutral. Though the words skew a little more openly bewildered as the mainframe continues.]
And I'm not a house droid, or some... personal model. I can rattle off my serial code if you've got the clearance, but nicknames don't usually come with the job.
[Which isn't to say the mainframe hasn't thought about it for himself. But even when his facility was staffed, "naming the work computer" wasn't a human concern.]
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Well, fine. The machine is silent for a few moments. Then:]
<Domesticon guarantees its customers the highest quality of automated service. From cleaning bots to reception modules, your droids will treat you with the respect you deserve.>
...
That's my core programming. I can work on being charming in my free time-- and believe me, I'm glad to! But if it's a matter of function, you get what they paid for.
[Much careful, very neutral. Though the words skew a little more openly bewildered as the mainframe continues.]
And I'm not a house droid, or some... personal model. I can rattle off my serial code if you've got the clearance, but nicknames don't usually come with the job.
[Which isn't to say the mainframe hasn't thought about it for himself. But even when his facility was staffed, "naming the work computer" wasn't a human concern.]