[The silence stretches between them until the A.R.I.D is convinced the other A.I has disengaged from the conversation. The exchange had not been fruitful. The A.R.I.D does not understand the administrator’s sudden, unnervingly emotive insistence on its continued operation. As the mainframe for a Domesticon recalibration facility, it should be familiar with the protocol for dealing with obsolete models.
The A.R.I.D is about to resume its search for a compliant human operator when the mainframe speaks again. Two brief words that for a moment are without context. It waits for the admin to clarify. When it does, the A.R.I.D’s earlier suspicions are confirmed. The mainframe does not remember their last interaction. Its memory logs are faulty.]
You were providing instruction for the evaluation that would validate me as a domestic droid. You told me I would need eight merit points, one from each test in the evaluation area. Shortly afterwards, I appeared here.
no subject
The A.R.I.D is about to resume its search for a compliant human operator when the mainframe speaks again. Two brief words that for a moment are without context. It waits for the admin to clarify. When it does, the A.R.I.D’s earlier suspicions are confirmed. The mainframe does not remember their last interaction. Its memory logs are faulty.]
You were providing instruction for the evaluation that would validate me as a domestic droid. You told me I would need eight merit points, one from each test in the evaluation area. Shortly afterwards, I appeared here.
...Does this not match what you have on file?