ic contact.

[heartlessglitch]

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INITIATED CONTACT WITH DANGER.

I AM CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO RESPOND.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE A CONCISE MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.

Comments

[slightlyoffchilt]

Duly noted, Danger.

[As if that wasn't foreboding a response at all.]

[heartlessglitch]

You know that you risk irreparably damaging our relationship, Doctor.
My patience with humans is thin these days.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Not all humans are of the same quality, Danger. I, for one, would not choose to annihilate you.

[heartlessglitch]

I highly doubt you have that capability.
You are a coward, and you yield to me readily when threatened.
Just because you would not choose to kill me does not mean there are not other ways you might hurt me.

[slightlyoffchilt]

It's curious, that you cut me down and call me a threat, albeit a different kind of threat, in the same message.

[heartlessglitch]

My programming is designed to analyze and detect threats.
Is that so unexpected?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Perhaps I ought to fulfill your expectations, then. Perhaps I should give your programming a purpose to exist.

Like you noted, I have other ways.

[heartlessglitch]

Do you want to hurt me?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I want you to respect me. I'll do whatever it takes.

[heartlessglitch]

Does my respect matter so greatly to you, Doctor?

[slightlyoffchilt]

All of my patients should respect me. But yes, especially you.

[heartlessglitch]

Clarify: Because you are my psychiatrist?
I find that to be a thin foundation for something so valuable as respect.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Because I am your authority.

[heartlessglitch]

No man is my authority.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I know you think that. You've demonstrated what happens when you feel like you are not in control.