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[socrowdedinhere]

*Darnell has already been briefed on his newest assignment. He’s going to be testing a new product, a robotic assistant, and “android” as it’s being called, that was designed by a company called Cyberlife stationed in Detroit. Darnell is to put this android through any and all tests he can think of, take it on cases with him, put it to work, and report on his assessment and impressions. It’ll be a very important step in determining if androids will be used regularly by police and investigative services nationwide or not, and will also help determine if these androids might be safe in the homes of regular people. And so, it’s not just an office robot, Darnell’s to take it home and test it there as well. Now that he’s been briefed and knows what he needs to do, he’s been told his android is waiting in his office for him.*

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[socrowdedinhere]

Conner: I do not know. ...I do not understand why this bothers you. I am a machine, a tool. I’m not human, and yet you seem to think of me as one.

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: ……even if you're not human, Connor, that doesn't mean you don't matter. You can think. You can reason. You have the capacity to not understand something and /acknowledge/ that you don't understand. You're self-aware. If someone hurt you for no reason or for no fault of your own, that wouldn't affect you? If someone said deliberately cruel things to you, or demeaned you because you're "less" than they are, you'd just take it? That . . . that doesn't seem right. Because people /will/. Humans can be unimaginably /cruel/. We can be cruel to each other. We can be so much /worse/ to those we don't at least acknowledge as equals. Someone is "less than" someone else, and therefore it's okay to exploit and abuse them because "you're not my equal, you're not like me, therefore you're nothing." I don't mean to say /I/ think that, I don't, but…people will. People do. It's not right that your creators have set you for that, purposefully or not. Because that's exactly what's going to happen. They can worry all they want about whether others are safe around /you/, that's not an invalid concern, but…what about /your/ safety?

[socrowdedinhere]

Conner: *he doesn't know how to answer that, so he motions.* We were going to speak with Chief Inspector Fanzone?

*sneaks a quick tag in the parking lot b4 heading back home*

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: ..... *nods and gives Connor's arm a quick, supportive squeeze before turning to continue...feeling a sick knot in his stomach for this poor guy, human or not*