[ With their luck, Ursula is instead paying attention to other trapped conversations. Or something in the lab. Or she's playing Wicked Grace against herself. ]
And organics perform much better when they relieve stress.
[ She nods her head in an exaggerated, slow fashion. Ursula is... hit and miss in what she understands of people's emotions, from what Ellana has found, but that means figuring out how to communicate and what cues Ursula uses for her interpretations.
Mostly so they don't end up with the equivalent of Compassion murdering because it was, in effect, the most immediately compassionate course of action. ]
It also enhances a particular kind of bonding between people of all ages, and is excellent for celebrations. You are planning on holding a few of those when we've made significant progress, aren't you? Or defeated some great, big... swimming... sharp toothed creature of some sort. Even larger than the ones we've run into so far!
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And organics perform much better when they relieve stress.
[ She nods her head in an exaggerated, slow fashion. Ursula is... hit and miss in what she understands of people's emotions, from what Ellana has found, but that means figuring out how to communicate and what cues Ursula uses for her interpretations.
Mostly so they don't end up with the equivalent of Compassion murdering because it was, in effect, the most immediately compassionate course of action. ]
It also enhances a particular kind of bonding between people of all ages, and is excellent for celebrations. You are planning on holding a few of those when we've made significant progress, aren't you? Or defeated some great, big... swimming... sharp toothed creature of some sort. Even larger than the ones we've run into so far!
[ Has she sold their mission yet to URSULA.
... The AI remains silent. For the moment. ]