No. [Paul stands his hand to forestall her, shaking his head.] That is what I meant.
[She answered the question-within-the-question. The part that he cares about most, even if he should be devoting himself to the technical and the practical. A2's manifestation in Anna is an existential threat, or it's supposed to be - but Paul is finding that even those threats seem less pressing than they once did.
But watching everyone die. Watching the person that you love die for a cause that doesn't matter. Those things are the threats (the warnings) that preoccupy him more and more, that wear him as thin as the worry spot inside his lip.]
And then she came to you after her world ended, if I understand what happened correctly. [He doubts he does, but he hopes he understands enough.] Do you know...do you know when she broke from her programming? If it was all at once, or if it came in pieces?
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[She answered the question-within-the-question. The part that he cares about most, even if he should be devoting himself to the technical and the practical. A2's manifestation in Anna is an existential threat, or it's supposed to be - but Paul is finding that even those threats seem less pressing than they once did.
But watching everyone die. Watching the person that you love die for a cause that doesn't matter. Those things are the threats (the warnings) that preoccupy him more and more, that wear him as thin as the worry spot inside his lip.]
And then she came to you after her world ended, if I understand what happened correctly. [He doubts he does, but he hopes he understands enough.] Do you know...do you know when she broke from her programming? If it was all at once, or if it came in pieces?