the problem is— i won’t ever want anyone else.
i didn’t. . . i could never have imagined that this would be an outcome of coming to the grid. it confuses me so deeply.
but i care for him, immeasurably so.
Hm.
. . .Well, if he can’t see you as perfect, then what’s the point .ᐣ And even if you’re not, no one really is.
You’ll find someone who can see that, despite it all, you’re good enough.
Maybe. . .in a way, I can be empathetic.
Even someone so “enlightened” as Clu is can still have reeling emotions deep down. I think you understand that more than anything.
y-you think so?
( she’s pink with delight at that. perhaps, just perhaps, she stands a chance to make the secret desires of her fluttering heart a reality. )
i would certainly like to think so.
I’m not . . . .ᐣ
〔 Usually, he’d believe that he was wrong about saying these words most of the time; Bartik liked to think that he knew what a program—or User—was feeling in the moment. With Tay, it seems like the same in this moment. 〕
. . .I’m sure he feels the same.