[ That sort of condescension would only backfire, or so Lucina believes. Connor took her question in a slightly different direction than she had intended it; she now tries to get back on track. ]
But from what you've told me, the conclusions that you've come to inside your... your programming are not yours. They were instilled in you at creation. You didn't choose any of it for yourself.
[ It makes her think of Robin, honestly. Not the Robin she had gone back in time to meet, no - the Robin of her timeline, the one whose knees had buckled for Grima's soothings. He had been born and bred to be a vessel for Grimleal ideals. Grimleal despair, Grimleal nihilism - and ultimately - Grimleal purpose. With her context for Connor's personhood being so restricted, she has to reconcile it with images she already knows.
Unfortunately, that brings its own set of baggage.
What sort of fringes of acceptability could Connor's "programming" push him to? Does he have any reason for pursuing this woman, this North, specifically, aside from her proclaimed deviancy? You know what, it's too many questions. Lucina is going to induce a headache if she doesn't make her mind chill out. ]
Are you so certain that your understanding of a deviant is factual and hers is fictitous?
[ To Lucina, the idea that someone who walks and talks and interprets the world around them can also feel... It just makes sense. ]
no subject
No.
[ That sort of condescension would only backfire, or so Lucina believes. Connor took her question in a slightly different direction than she had intended it; she now tries to get back on track. ]
But from what you've told me, the conclusions that you've come to inside your... your programming are not yours. They were instilled in you at creation. You didn't choose any of it for yourself.
[ It makes her think of Robin, honestly. Not the Robin she had gone back in time to meet, no - the Robin of her timeline, the one whose knees had buckled for Grima's soothings. He had been born and bred to be a vessel for Grimleal ideals. Grimleal despair, Grimleal nihilism - and ultimately - Grimleal purpose. With her context for Connor's personhood being so restricted, she has to reconcile it with images she already knows.
Unfortunately, that brings its own set of baggage.
What sort of fringes of acceptability could Connor's "programming" push him to? Does he have any reason for pursuing this woman, this North, specifically, aside from her proclaimed deviancy? You know what, it's too many questions. Lucina is going to induce a headache if she doesn't make her mind chill out. ]
Are you so certain that your understanding of a deviant is factual and hers is fictitous?
[ To Lucina, the idea that someone who walks and talks and interprets the world around them can also feel... It just makes sense. ]