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fandomhigh2012-07-06 09:59 am
not_a_whiner) wrote in fandomhigh2012-07-06 09:59 am
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Introduction to Robotics, Friday
A classroom full of teenagers. That was going to be... something.
Kaidan stood at the front of the class, a datapad in his hand and his eyes trained on the students. "Good morning," he said, "And welcome to Introduction to Robotics. I'm Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko of the Systems Alliance, I look forward to meeting the rest of you." He cleared his throat. "Over the past year, my... universe--" It was weird, okay? "--suffered under an attack that involved advanced robotic AIs - that's artificial intelligences - called the geth. Much has been said about the geth and what level of sentience they've got. It's something we'll be talking about later down the line."
He put the datapad down on the desk. "But not yet. I'm given to understand most folks here aren't from the same place, though," he said, "and as we're going to be talking about advanced technology, I'd like to know where your worlds are at, and what experience you might have had in dealing with robotics, virtual intelligences, things like that. So let's start off there."
Kaidan stood at the front of the class, a datapad in his hand and his eyes trained on the students. "Good morning," he said, "And welcome to Introduction to Robotics. I'm Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko of the Systems Alliance, I look forward to meeting the rest of you." He cleared his throat. "Over the past year, my... universe--" It was weird, okay? "--suffered under an attack that involved advanced robotic AIs - that's artificial intelligences - called the geth. Much has been said about the geth and what level of sentience they've got. It's something we'll be talking about later down the line."
He put the datapad down on the desk. "But not yet. I'm given to understand most folks here aren't from the same place, though," he said, "and as we're going to be talking about advanced technology, I'd like to know where your worlds are at, and what experience you might have had in dealing with robotics, virtual intelligences, things like that. So let's start off there."
Re: Introduce Yourself
That... did not make this any easier on him.
"You're an AI," he said, blinking twice as he tried to process that. "...Huh."
Re: Introduce Yourself
Apparently, what else to say was babbling about the technical details. Victor frowned.
"Do you want me to drop the class or something?"
Re: Introduce Yourself
If anything, this was going to be really good training for him for when Shepard came back a cyborg in a year or two."No," Kaidan said quickly, rubbing at the back of his neck. "No, of course not. Sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. You're just the first human--" and non-murderous-- "--AI I've ever seen. Met. The first one I've ever met."
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Unless Majesdanes or Skrulls were part of it, and he didn't think they were.
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He laughed awkwardly. "Good point," he said. "And I'm a biotic," he added, as a peace offering, "so you can strike that one off your list too, if you... haven't already."
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"A biotic." A long pause, and there was the slightest hint of something robotic about his utter stillness as he thought if you were inclined to look for it. "I don't know what that is, but it ... sounds cool?"
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It was probably a lot easier calling 'look, people treat me as a freak, too' if the other party was actually aware of the prejudice in question.
"It's complicated," Kaidan said, "And it's not really relevant. Welcome, Victor. I look forward to getting your perspective on everything we'll be talking about here."
He meant that.
Re: Introduce Yourself
He meant that, too.