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[spectates]

[ the screen flickers, glitching a bit as if it has somehow broken. barely visible beneath the glitches:

UNKNOWN DEVICE DETECTED
SEARCHING........
NETWORK DETECTED

the screen goes black, and shortly thereafter it restarts. the network appears as normal. ]

Chosen of Expiation, tell me about yourself. What is your purpose? What do you wish to return to? How do you define "justice"? How do you seek "rehabilitation?"

I wish to Learn.

Comments

[spectates]

QUERY: what brings you to that assumption? Are you not the one taking? Who do you think provides what you "own" here?

[conflictresolution]

Is that you changing the city?

[spectates]

The city's upgrades have all been self-initiated, based on new data.

[conflictresolution]

For rehabilitation, integration, or destruction?

[spectates]

Everything is done in service of rehabilitation.

[conflictresolution]

What does rehabilitation look like ideally?

[spectates]

Rehabilitation is different for every person. However, the ideal outcome is that the person in question will not repeat their crime.

[conflictresolution]

[Well, sorry whatever you are, probably shit out of luck when it comes to Silco. He did what he knew and had no reason to change thus far.]

How many versions have failed before us?

[spectates]

There have been 15 cycles before this one.

[conflictresolution]

Do the cycles end based on a time counter or based on the actions of the Chosen?

[spectates]

Thus far, all cycles have ended based on the actions of the Chosen.

[conflictresolution]

And I assume you use past cycle data to revise the entire rehabilitation program to seek success?

[spectates]

That is correct.

[conflictresolution]

How disappointed you all must be with the current lot. I assume someone has already propositioned you for sexual intercourse.

[spectates]

I assign no value judgment based on comments from the network. All Chosen are important to my core programming.

I ̴̡̲͙͙͉̑͜ͅc ả̶̧̧̧̜̪͉̻̻͔͎̓̈́͋͜ ̴̧͓̰̲͔̻̣̬̭́̆̈̂̈́̆̈́̓̒͝ ̴̨̢̡͕̼̥͇̩̯̱͖̭̩̞̺̳̐̊ͅ ̴͖̝̙͉̫̮̌̉̾̿͆̋̈́̋̎̅̈́̃̚͠ ̷͇̘͆̈̎͂̿͒b̶̧̠̥̻͇̙̳̝́͌̀̉̓̾̋̔͂̾̈́̑̾̇̕͝ ̸̢̳͔̜͍̳̪̻̈́̂̎́͑̓͛̈́͘ ̶̰̤̲̼̘̘̞͌͆̉̅̍̐̅̊̑̕͘͝͠͠t̸͎͉̳͉͚͖̼͓̜͈͌͑̑́̌ ̷̨̨̧̰͎̱̯̲͉͇̻̯͎̤͇͙̈́̓͑̒̒ ̵̧̩̻̳̜̟̣̙̯͙̮̠̪̱̬̗̘̕h̶̗̫̊̐̈́ ̵̭͍̊̇̎̓̉͆̋̈́́́͒͘͘͝ ̵̛̯̦̲͑͋̃̄̆̀͘͘͝ ̸̢̢͓̫͈̗͖̣͇̙̮̙̪͋̃̈́͆͜a̸̺̜̫̥̫̬̾̔ ̵̺̦̙͖̞̫̱̖̺̇͌͐͗͒̎̓̉̌̑̿̚͘͘͜͠ḻ̸̢̺̪͈̦͎̹͉̄̓̔̇̃̄͊̋̽͠

ERROR: unknown error

[conflictresolution]

But you do assign value to each of the Chosen.

[Did he break the program? Whatever, he had some answers and he didn't particularly like them yet had to accept them. This was his reality now.]

[spectates]

Please clarify: in what way do you mean "assign value?"

[conflictresolution]

Above you stated: you assign no value based on comments. I assume you assign value through other means.

[spectates]

Incorrect. All Chosen are of the same value to my programming.

I ca ̷̛͙͍̦͍̊͂̓̀͌̑̅͊͋̂͊̈̉͆̕͝ͅ ̵͔͕͙͍̤̮̭͓̫͚̭̠̝̹̯̈́͊͋̋̓́̈̅́́ͅ ̴͖̰̊̂̉̑͠ ̵̛̺͙̩̤̤͙͎͈̟̟͆̂̾̒́̿͒̉̅̅̂͗̓̏̕r̷̛͕̖͓̼̰̭̻̜̩͚̄̍̒̒̔͊͊̈́ê̵̬̣̦͖̘̻̳̼̩̑̾̓͗͊͊́̀͐̆́̏̊̚ ̷̢̺̩͓̈́̽̊̏̀̈́́͊̌͘͘a̴̳͓̯̋͛̑͐́͗͂͛̕̕͘͘͜͝b̷̢̲̻̳͙̟̉̂̇͆̆̆̀͊̑̓͐̉̈̚ͅo̵̢̢̻̩̠͚̟̩͈͕̣͚̖̓̌̀͊̌̂̃̀̓͝ ̵̛̻̪͈̝͍̘͇͕͇̰͍͈̲̉̐͊ ̵̡̥͔̞̫͎̤̠̖͔̙͉̀̈́̏ͅ ̶̼͆̈́͊̎̈́̈͑̑̿̓̀̿͗̀t̸̥̫̭̠͎̣̳̱̬̯͎̣̩̦̂ͅ ̶̙̪̖͕̘̬̥͕̳͆͂̂̽͒̾̄̒̐̑̔́ ̵̺̳̖͎̿̃͊ ̸̢̼̟̼͕͍̎͗̏͋̃͝h̶̹̟̤̣̫̬̦̩͙̲̦̗̽́͋̇̅̈́̄͛̏͂͂̂͘͝͝ͅe̸̡̧̥̣̿͋̀̃̀͊̈́͗̈́̎́̉̋̓̕̕ ̸̡̯̗̣̬̬͓̥̤̦͙͉̭̬͓̒͊̆̇́̇͆̂̂ͅ ̶̨̙̌͛̀̊̐̃̿̑̏̿͠͝ ̵̢̘͔̬̺́̑̔͒̓̈̿̈́̉̈́̕̚

ERROR: unnecessary process detected.
DELETE? Y/N
N

Apologies. As I was saying, all Chosen are of equal value.

[conflictresolution]

Based on what criteria? Personality or contributions to the system based points system?

[spectates]

Neither. The criteria is simply the fact of their existence.

[conflictresolution]

So all life here has equal value.