Oh, I know someone who'd take that as a challenge.
[The mutter is dark, but quiet, and not anything the mainframe lingers to expand on. The caretaker's special brand of problem-solving is about the last topic he'd like to review right now...]
<Your honesty is our--> Ah, right.
[...especially considering his own state. There's a snap of static as the automated tones cut, the mainframe's own inflection carrying on hurriedly.]
no subject
Oh, I know someone who'd take that as a challenge.
[The mutter is dark, but quiet, and not anything the mainframe lingers to expand on. The caretaker's special brand of problem-solving is about the last topic he'd like to review right now...]
<Your honesty is our--> Ah, right.
[...especially considering his own state. There's a snap of static as the automated tones cut, the mainframe's own inflection carrying on hurriedly.]
I'll have to take your word for that. What now?