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[headjacked]

Heyyyyyyyy, kiddo, you've reached me. Me who is Rhys. Anyway, not sure why you're trying to get in contact with the king of the dweebs, but I'm sure you've got your reasons. Reasons you should probably re-examine. I'm just sayin'.

Last chance to back out.

No?

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

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Day 93; @lockhart; voice

[powersouls]

[So, that was a disaster. Tifa still can't one hundred percent understand that whole... Jack thing, but more importantly...]

Hey, Rhys. Are you... How are you doing? Are you okay?

[headjacked]

I feel like you ask me that a lot.

[powersouls]

I know, I just... worry about you.

[He's her friend. It's an automatic curse on both of them.]

Is it true? What House said?

[headjacked]

It's kind of nice that you do. Means someone does.

[ Siiiiigh. ]

Medical records don't lie. There's a program in my head. But it's not a big deal.

[powersouls]

So you're not in danger?

[Obviously, that's the most important point here.]

[headjacked]

Not at all. Even if I had a hostile program installed, it'd do its best to keep me safe. Mutual interest. And... ...okay, it does that, but not out of hostility. Out of basic self-defense.

Which is how the... the Steph thing happened.

[powersouls]

[The Steph thing. That.]

But... you don't consider Jack hostile?

[headjacked]

Handsome Jack is hostile.

A -- A vanity program in his image? Way less so. It's super advanced compared to anything most of you are familiar with, but it's super basic to me and Angel.

[powersouls]

[She hesitates for a moment, mulling this over. It's true, she has no real frame of reference for this, except, well... Sephiroth controlling Cloud. Which is a great thought.]

I trust you.

[And Angel, of course. She's taking their word on it. Even if this AI was hostile, she would want to find a way to help him. Poor life choices, possibly.]

How did he get inside your head in the first place?

[headjacked]

[ ..."I trust you." OW. That means Tifa deserves better ]

Okay, truthfully? He's not a vanity program. Or an It. And I got him because I was trying to... bypass security using some other guy's credentials. This Other Guy had the AI in his ID drive. The thingy I jammed into my head.

[powersouls]

[The port in his head is still super weird to her, honestly, and it's yet another thing she has no frame of reference for.]

We don't really... have anything like this where I'm from. What exactly is a vanity program? And if he isn't a vanity program, what is he?