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[functionoverfeels]

Hello. You've reached Quake Woman. If this is something urgent or life-threatening, you should have better ways to contact me, but I will respond here if necessary and as quickly as possible. If this is not a matter of grave importance, I will respond as soon as I can. Thank you.

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[functionoverfeels]

Oh, it's just a general idea right now. I haven't had time to flesh it out yet. Actions of potentially dubious morality, it turns out, are very good at getting me to think outside the box! I may be starting to see the appeal.

[is she joking.]

[hypnotherapy]

[ Another short huff of laughter. ] Well, I look forward to seeing it, when you see fit to reveal it.

I'm going to take that as a joke. I hope I'm not influencing you into worse ways.

[functionoverfeels]

I don't think you have to worry about that. My programming would make it very difficult to do the things that most criminal acts are based on, and even if I had the capability of changing that, I doubt I would. It would change who I am at my core. I'm not sure I'd be okay with that.

Or maybe I would, after I'd been changed.

I'm sorry, this got full of existential dread all of a sudden.

[hypnotherapy]

If anyone changes you that drastically, they have to answer to me. At the very least. [ He can't hide the fact that the lightheartedness has gone out of his tone, and it's been replaced by something a lot more bitter. It's much easier to read through his voice than it is through text. ]

Don't apologise. I imagine it would be a constant worry for you - since a very drastic change is something you've already gone through, and you're having to relearn things in the face of that.

[functionoverfeels]

[that's an unexpected reaction. if she had a heart, it would be swelling over how quickly Magicman would jump to her defense. he really is her friend.]

It's not something I can say I don't think about. I got off lucky, in a sense. Not just with the aftermath of my mother's choices, but with the scope of the choices she made. I was unable to express myself, but my core principles did not leave me. Whereas... have I told you about the time Mega Man was forcibly reprogrammed to serve Dr. Wily?

That is the prevailing terror for me.

[hypnotherapy]

[ He cares about Tempo, but he also has many and complex feelings about artificial life being reprogrammed forcibly to suit others' needs and that basically all boils down into 'resentment and anger towards god damn humans' it's actually amazing he doesn't have some kind of complex about scientists ]

It's always wise to consider the worst-case scenario. Though possibly not too much, otherwise you get what Fireman likes to call 'stop standing there and overthinking things and let's go, Magicman'.

..You didn't tell me, no. [ There's a slight, cold thread of - something strange in his voice, that he can't quite hide. ] Though it explains itself quite well.

It's a shame when those who have the power to do that take advantage of it. [ He could use stronger words but he doesn't want to scare Tempo. ]

[functionoverfeels]

[she laughs quietly at the idea of somebody reprimanding Magicman like that, although the rest of their conversation isn't very much of a laughing matter.]

I can only hope you aren't speaking from experience. [but she doubts it. he contains multitudes.] Without meaning to offend, it's exactly the kind of thing I've come to expect from Dr. Wily. It was almost impressive in its audacity.

[hypnotherapy]

I've never had that particular experience, no. But you remember our first conversation. You said 'it sounds more personal than a simple thought experiment or discussion of ideas'.

And you would be right, in that regard. [ He still sounds light and pleasant, but there's that bitter edge, razor sharp. ]

No need to apologise. He's obviously different from the one I know personally. [ He kinda wants to punch this Wily in the face. ] Not a very pleasant person, the one you're used to. [ UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR ]