[Even if it took him a while to come around to thinking of them as people and not just people-shaped-things honed to manipulate him and waste his time.]
So you didn't roll over that hump but made it to space. Got it. [He taps his finger along the edge of the glass.]
Sorry, my partner [this time he calls him that] is -was- an android before we showed up here and pretty much in that political hellboat. So your society probably dodged that bullet... Which is hard when life is firing a machine gun at you but at least one missed. [He snorts at his own cynical joke and takes a drink.]
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[Even if it took him a while to come around to thinking of them as people and not just people-shaped-things honed to manipulate him and waste his time.]
So you didn't roll over that hump but made it to space. Got it. [He taps his finger along the edge of the glass.]
Sorry, my partner [this time he calls him that] is -was- an android before we showed up here and pretty much in that political hellboat. So your society probably dodged that bullet... Which is hard when life is firing a machine gun at you but at least one missed. [He snorts at his own cynical joke and takes a drink.]