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Terris: *nods and will move with them, staying by Connor's side. As they leave the trees they'll come to a wide open area fill of houses of all kinds, people of all kinds, and animals of all kinds. Softly to Connor and Ezrim* Welcome to Sanctuary.

Connor: *scanning, taking in every structure, every face...*

*They'll start walking across the open area, heading for a group of people. There are introductions and people can't help but curiously check out Connor and Ezrim's amazing weapons. After a few minutes Terris will move them on. In just a moment Connor will hear a yelp, and just as he's turning something runs into him, followed quickly by something bigger, and then something bigger yet. Even he he goes down he's already getting a chorus of "sorry" from the three creatures that just slammed into him.*

Connor: *staggers but catches the first creature on reflex, manages but barely to keep his feet with the second, but the third knocks him down completely, LED swirling a rapid red as he tries to shield himself and scramble back from whatever the hell just bowled him over*

Terris: Connor! *goes to him instantly, helping Connor sit up.* You three /must/ be more careful! *yes, he sounds angry, though he’s not yelling.*

Griffon: *the one that finally managed to knock Connor down. She’s backs up a bit, head hanging* I-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. Are you all right?

Phoenix: A-ah! I’m so sorry! A-are you okay?

Dragon: W-what /are/ you? *was dropped when Connor fell, so he flails about to look at the....man?*

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I've got almost 80 icons...I should start using them. XD;;;

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Connor: *wide-eyed as he scrambles to his feet, clinging a bit to Terris as he regains his balance, his systems all a bit scrambled, LED still red* What...what are /you/? *gaping at all three of them - he has data on a LOT of different animals...but his programmers didn't bother to give him anything on mythical creatures. The large, brightly-colored bird is...just that in his mind, but a large reptile with wings?? And a creature that's a mix between an eagle and a lion!?? They're not even the same class of animal! Aves versus Mammalia.*

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Terris: *steadies Connor.* Easy. You’re okay? Connor, are you injured? *tone calm but insistent. He will cup a cheek and make Connor look at him.*

Re: XD

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Connor: *regaining his footing, both physically and mentally* I'm...I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm not damaged. *looks back at the creatures, whispering* Terris, what are they!? Are these Inriomai? *they all spoke, they seem intelligent*

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Terris: *nods, satisfied that Connor is all righy.* They are. This is Camas, he’s a dragon. Kuan is a phoenix, and Tirra a griffon.
Camas: *soft distressed whine* Terris, he’s... he’s not, I mean, he doesn’t...
Terris: *looks at the three, but gaze settles on Camas, voice gentle.* I know. This is Connor. He’s an android, built by humans from another world, that is why he doesn’t appear as you expect Camas. He is my friend.
Camas: Built by humans? *looks at Connor again*
Tirra: I’m really sorry I knocked you down, Friend Connor. We were playing.
Kuan: I’m sorry too. I’m glad you’re not hurt.
Camas: *oh right* I’m sorry, Friend Connor. It’s my fault. I got distracted when I saw you and didn’t turn away in time. I’m glad you’re not hurt.

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Connor: *head snaps back around to Terris at being called his friend - really? Mildly confused look at Tirra and Camas to have /them/ call him friend too, then small smile* It's all right. You didn't damage me. And yes, built by humans. I'm not alive, if that's what you're getting at. I'm a machine, model RK-800. I'm a prototype. *is that a faint note of pride? Possibly. He shifts and crouches to retrieve his hat, his LED blue and swirling softly*

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Camas: Yeah, that’s what I saw. You’re up and moving and look human, but not alive.
Tirra: Really? *surprised!*
Kuan: You seem alive to me. Even if you don’t have life energies like others do.

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Connor: CyberLife androids are designed to integrate with humans. Our appearance and behavior have been engineered to be as pleasing and acceptable as possible. As for myself, because of my function, I was programmed to be more interactive and autonomous than most.

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Tirra: What’s your function?
Kuan: What’s programming?
Camas: What’s CyberLife?

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Connor: *perfectly patient with all the questions* CyberLife is the company that created me. They developed the first artificial intelligence to pass the Turing Test twenty years ago. Programming is what I run on. It's the process by which I think, speak, move, and comprehend the world around me. It's /not/ the same thing, but perhaps you could compare it to thought and consciousness and nervous impulses in a living being. My original function was that of a police detective, but my current handler has repurposed me as a soldier. He's assigned me to Terris to learn about this world so I may more efficiently serve within it until I can be returned to my own world.

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*Oh, he’s opened the flood gates now. Where did he come from? How did he get here? Artificial Intelligence? How can intelligence be artificial? What’s a detective? What was he trying to find while a detective? Who’s his current handler? What about his handler back home? Was Hank nice? Which handler does he like more, Zerik or Hank? How long has he been here? Does he like it here? What does he mean he’s not capable of “liking” or “not liking” something? Terris will mostly let Connor answer, and will come to the android’s rescue when a question seems to stump or fluster him.*

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*Connor will answer every question to the best of his ability, though first he'll ask Terris if it's okay for him to stay and answer their questions (he can tell this is going to be a while) and if they would like to move someplace that they'd be more comfortable, rather than hanging out in the middle of the path they're on.*

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*Terris will move them to the side a bit, but otherwise won’t stop Connor from answering their questions and will stay there to make sure they don’t accidentally stress Connor with certain questions. Ezrim has started mingling and meeting others.*

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*Connor will crouch down on his heels to get down to their level. He came from a world that only has humans and regular, non-intelligent animals. He doesn't know how he got here. He'll explain what A.I. is, what a detective is, what his mission had been. He only worked with Hank for a few hours, and only briefly met Zerik. He thinks Hank is irritable and socially-challenged but good at what he does and would have been an intriguing person to work with. Zerik seems demanding but fair, and he looks forward to working with the man more. This is his third full day here. He's not capable of "liking" (and he'll explain that the best he can) but he finds it challenging and intriguing and he looks forward to learning and experiencing more.*

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Terris: *finds himself proud of Connor and how he interacts with the young inriomai.*
*doesn’t take long for Connor to gather a bit of a crowed. More inriomai, kids, and adults, all come to ask hom questions. Though when one little j’har girl steps up to Connor, gazing into his eyes, the others all quiet and seem to watch her, curious what she’ll do. A little boy, who must be her brother from the facial similarities, calls her Kendra.*
Kendra: *gazes at Connor, just studying him. If he’s still crouched she’ll finally reach up to softly touch his cheek, then reaches further up to touch his LED.*

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Connor: *a little…almost shy in a sense at all the attention he garners, but he answers everyone's questions, and at one point will even pull off his tunic and deactivate his skin to let everyone see what he looks like underneath. He'll even briefly detach and pull out his pump regulator to show off, open his abdomen panel for people to see inside, and will detach one arm at the shoulder to let people pass around to examine before he reattaches it. He's redressed and has reactivated his skin by the time he's approached by Kendra, still crouched down on a knee (more stable than just his heels, though he could have stayed there too). This close, the child will see that his eyes are almost too smooth, shiny like glass, the whites lacking blood veins, and the pupils don't change shape. His skin is…slightly off this close up too, though it'll be hard to tell exactly how. He headtilts slightly, regarding her in return, and won't stop her from touching him.*

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*The activated skin got reactions of awe, while the pump regularor had everyone telling him to out it back when it was clearly uncomfortable for him. The arm is passed around, and Connor will get lots of questions.*
Kendra: *traces a tiny finger around the blue ring of light a few times, then smoothes one of his eyebrows. She trails fingers down his nose then to his lips. She’ll pull his bottom lip down a bit, then press at his chin to see into his mouth, but then she’ll stop with her hand on his cheek again, just gazing into his eyes for a ling moment. Finally she’ll shift forward and snake her arms around his neck to hug him.*

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((bleh, forgot to put in the ooc I'd meant to with the last tag. When the Stratford deviant pulled out Connor's regulator, it was violent and messy, "bleeding" profusely. But when Connor pulled the deviant's out [/IF/ he did], it was clean and the deviant didn't react at all. I kind of have the impression that Connor knows how to remove things "safely," the way a repair tech would. He can scan a damaged android and know what parts are needed. I'm thinking he can remove/replace at least some parts even on himself. If asked, he'd have admitted that doing so was...not ideal and that he needed to return it in so many seconds to avoid shut-down, but only if he was asked.))

Connor: *lets her, just watching her, will open his mouth when she seems to want him to - his tongue won't look /quite/ right, he lacks tonsils and a uvula, and his teeth are white, smooth, and perfectly aligned (things probably NO ONE in this world can claim). He gazes back patiently as she studies him, then blinks in surprise when she hugs him, hesitating only an instant before hugging her back, careful of the pressure he exerts - she's so small…*

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((Ah, right, right. We’d talked about that before. Change doc to say they pass it around until Connor speaks up that he’s a few seconds from shut down if he doesn’t return the part.))

Kendra: *hugs tightly for a long moment, then shifts back to give him a kiss on the cheek.*
Terris: *kneels by them.* Mm. I think you’ve been officially accepted, Connor.
Kendra: *gives Terris a smile, and while still tucked to Connor she’ll take one of Terris’s hands and place it on her head.*
Terris: *smiles and gives her her a light rub an lets his hand rest on her for now, since that’s what she wants.*

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Connor: *might have actually blushed softly at that if he were able, giving her a small grin. He looks at Terris as the other kneels by him, Kendra comfortably snugged against one shoulder, small smile at the amin's hand on the tiny child's head* She seems to be an important figure here. *glancing at the rest of the gathering - he noticed how they all quieted the moment she approached him, watching her closely*

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Terris: She’s a special girl in that she is very particular about the people she likes. She can read faces very well, tell with rather astounding accuracy if someone is kind or not. That she has accepted you tells everyone here that you are, without a doubt, a very kind person, Connor.

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Connor: *starts to comment - he's "kind" because of course, it's in his programming - but…can't quite make himself, instead just looks at Kendra* You think I'm kind? How do you know? *not challenging, just…how can she tell?*

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Kendra: *looks at him...and brushes her hand over his cheek.* .................You’re lost.

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Connor: *headtilt* Lost?

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Kendra: You look lost. Mister Terris will take care of you.

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Connor: I am . . . displaced, for certain. I don't belong here. But yes, Terris has been very good for me so far, and I look forward to the rest of my time with him.

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Kendra: *it’s something more, but she can’t explain, his face is just a little too different for her to be sure...so she’ll just hug him again.*

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Connor: *small grin as he hugs her in return* Thank you for accepting me, Kendra. *looks at the rest of the gathering* Are there any more questions? *he's totally fine with continuing to share*