[Yeah so that's an evasive answer. It has to know that, but it still withdraws as soon as Maggie takes the knife, its gaze sliding away until Maggie remains only in its peripheral vision at best.
There's a lot of ways it could answer the question honestly, which. The truth is statistically a better option, given the problems its dealt with trying to lie. But there's the kind of truth that's true, and the kind that is 88% likely to lead to it being attacked and Maggie running off into the middle of the actually more dangerous hospital.
So no 'I'm a rogue Murderbot who's probably losing it,' though that feels pretty accurate right now. Instead, it goes for;]
It's my job to help humans survive high-risk situations.
[Is it really quiet in here? It's really quiet in here.]
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[Yeah so that's an evasive answer. It has to know that, but it still withdraws as soon as Maggie takes the knife, its gaze sliding away until Maggie remains only in its peripheral vision at best.
There's a lot of ways it could answer the question honestly, which. The truth is statistically a better option, given the problems its dealt with trying to lie. But there's the kind of truth that's true, and the kind that is 88% likely to lead to it being attacked and Maggie running off into the middle of the actually more dangerous hospital.
So no 'I'm a rogue Murderbot who's probably losing it,' though that feels pretty accurate right now. Instead, it goes for;]
It's my job to help humans survive high-risk situations.
[Is it really quiet in here? It's really quiet in here.]