[It makes sense to Connor. Humans build tools to use, and expect those tools to work, don’t they? They are just that — tools, machines, something to help aid them in mankind's lives, but not to question their place in it.
(He thinks of Markus’ face flashing before him on an overlarge monitor, calling out for androids to be granted personal rights, freedoms, and a desire to be treated as alive. Conviction, belief, wholehearted in every word. All of it, running against what Connor knew them to be, what Cyberlife would have him do, pounding at the wall of ingrained subroutines and wanting him to question. He shouldn’t question, he should only obey. He can see Amanda’s face in his mind’s eye, telling him just that.)
An actuator works in Connor’s jawline, tensing. The quick correction from 9S is impossible to miss, a hint of contempt easily picked up. He could argue the point, say that an android does fall under the encompassing purview of a machine, but based on the other’s reaction, he adjusts his reply.]
Does ‘machine’ have a negative connotation to you?
no subject
(He thinks of Markus’ face flashing before him on an overlarge monitor, calling out for androids to be granted personal rights, freedoms, and a desire to be treated as alive. Conviction, belief, wholehearted in every word. All of it, running against what Connor knew them to be, what Cyberlife would have him do, pounding at the wall of ingrained subroutines and wanting him to question. He shouldn’t question, he should only obey. He can see Amanda’s face in his mind’s eye, telling him just that.)
An actuator works in Connor’s jawline, tensing. The quick correction from 9S is impossible to miss, a hint of contempt easily picked up. He could argue the point, say that an android does fall under the encompassing purview of a machine, but based on the other’s reaction, he adjusts his reply.]
Does ‘machine’ have a negative connotation to you?