[Where Jude is being incredibly forthright, 9S finds himself reluctant to do the same. The answer is complicated, because his feelings on the subject among so many others related to it are conflicted. He both has autonomy and core programming, and it's a struggle to reconcile the two.
It may be impossible to do so. This thought he keeps to himself as he looks down at their hands]
That's...not something I have much experience discussing. But I like being close to you.
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It may be impossible to do so. This thought he keeps to himself as he looks down at their hands]
That's...not something I have much experience discussing. But I like being close to you.
[He always had, and it didn't matter in what way]