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Who: Tadashi & you!
Broadcast: TEXT - Fleetwide.
Action: SS Bishop
When: 5/31

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm curious: how many of you received augments that aligned with what your interests were at home? My brother and I are both really into robotic engineering, but he's an engineer and I ended up with lab support. Considering that the last big project I finished was a nursebot, I can't help but feel like Atroma's playing a joke on me. :P

Other than that... any guesses what our next stop is gonna be like? I'll buy lunch for whoever guesses it right.

Oh, it's Tadashi Hamada, by the way, on the SS Bishop. Guess I haven't really made an actual broadcast since getting here.

[ aaand he will just be chilling in the med bay, as usual, if anyone on his ship needs to find him. ]

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[ and... he thinks about this for a moment, because this is a question he wants to be positive he's sure of before he answers. ]

Yeah, actually, I do.

What makes you think so?

[ What he's actually asking: how can you tell which people to trust? He doesn't have human intuition. ]

Because I've met a lot of the people here. Even the folks I don't see eye-to-eye with have had good intentions.

[ and by 'folks' he means 'crowley' ]

I think it's alright to feel safe here.

[ He's met people, but just because someone seems nice... in fact, that's where he's always run into trouble. ]

But I don't. Feel safe here, I mean.

[ he's like... 85% sure that you're a robot right now, bro... and has the feeling that his next remark might be super duper weird if you're not ]

If there's anything I can do to change that... let me know, yeah? I have people looking out for me. That means I have to pay it forward.

[ Zee hesitates, the equivalent of a human taking a deep breath to steel themselves for something.

Yes okay he will trust you, smiley robotics expert. ]

I think it would be best if someone with technical knowledge understood me, in case something goes wrong that I can't fix.

[ and for a moment tadashi hesitates. maybe he should refer him to hiro? would hiro be able to help him more? would he be safer if his little brother were handed this responsibility?

no. no, ino was right: he loved robotics, and he was still good at what he did. he could more than handle this, even as a lab technician.

when he smiles at zee again, it's careful but genuine. ]

If you're alright with that, I can promise I'll do my best.

[ Zee steps back towards the lab door, closing it. Then there's a shimmer around him before the hologram drops. ]

I am 'alright' with that. And I have schematics if that would help.

Whoah.

[ the expression of surprise is barely audible - more mouthed than outright spoken - and for a split second tadashi regards zee with open curiosity. he masks it quickly enough, however, though he does take the chance to approach him carefully. ]

Is that some sort of cloaking hologram?

[ The curiosity is fine! Zeta waits patiently. ]

Yes. It's called holomorphic induction technology. I can appear as anything my approximate size and it will feel real. To a certain degree.

[ If you punch him hard enough, you're going to feel metal. Nothing to be done about that, really. ]

Amazing.

[ the admiration is real, bro. tadashi is momentarily awe-struck, before he does his best to swallow it down, to prevent him from embarrassing himself. ]

So-- you started as an A.I.? Right? Or--?

[ this technology is so advanced. making any assumptions seems stupid. ]

[ Zee smiles, then shakes his head at the question. ]

No. I was not intended to be sentient.

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