I'm sure. Tested it out on one of the bunsen burners after I noticed. That registered as the correct temperature. [Let's pretend he didn't return that awkward look because, uh. Company.] You might be onto something when you say something is seriously wrong with how we're perceiving things here. The machine says we should feel cold to the touch — or everything else should feel like a furnace, but that's not the case. And what's more, some of us have used body temperature to determine how long it's been since someone got whacked out.
[It doesn't seem like he's too bothered by Jack revealing himself as an AI. Not his problem if Jack, as an individual, is a "real boy" or whatever. But... They've seen Jack bleed. It's not like he's been uploaded into a mechanical body. That bit of information in conjunction with everything else? Makes things slightly more complicated than he could have imagined. Luke's information adds more to the puzzle, as well.]
Whether we're the real deal or AIs running through a simulation, you have to wonder... If we're the Cradle Project's last line of defense, then what the hell happened to whoever or whatever came before us? You don't call something your "last line of defense" unless you've gone through options A to Z, and all of them have ended catastrophically.
[A beat. He's remembering something else now, which may or may not be relevant to all of this. There's no point in holding out if it might help them stitch together all of this, however.]
... This might be unrelated. But the alien that was taking a joyride in Rhys's corpse. When he was trying to kill Fiona, Machias and I, he said something. Said that he needed to take out more of us. Sounded desperate about it. Could be he was just that thirsty for blood. But I don't think so. There must be a reason those parasites are among us. Some goal they're working towards.
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Date: 2016-08-08 08:14 pm (UTC)[It doesn't seem like he's too bothered by Jack revealing himself as an AI. Not his problem if Jack, as an individual, is a "real boy" or whatever. But... They've seen Jack bleed. It's not like he's been uploaded into a mechanical body. That bit of information in conjunction with everything else? Makes things slightly more complicated than he could have imagined. Luke's information adds more to the puzzle, as well.]
Whether we're the real deal or AIs running through a simulation, you have to wonder... If we're the Cradle Project's last line of defense, then what the hell happened to whoever or whatever came before us? You don't call something your "last line of defense" unless you've gone through options A to Z, and all of them have ended catastrophically.
[A beat. He's remembering something else now, which may or may not be relevant to all of this. There's no point in holding out if it might help them stitch together all of this, however.]
... This might be unrelated. But the alien that was taking a joyride in Rhys's corpse. When he was trying to kill Fiona, Machias and I, he said something. Said that he needed to take out more of us. Sounded desperate about it. Could be he was just that thirsty for blood. But I don't think so. There must be a reason those parasites are among us. Some goal they're working towards.