[Machines suffer from exhaustion differently than humans, but the end result is, in so many ways, the same: energy needs to be managed down to the most microscopic measurements, tasks like speech, like movement and cognitive focus— all of it comes at a cost. All of it needs to be decisively allocated. He lifts the container to his mouth to drink; he doesn't tilt his head to look at her between increasingly tempered mouthfuls.]
Who are you. Really.
[No more elusive answers, no more games. He wants to know the truth.
no subject
Who are you. Really.
[No more elusive answers, no more games. He wants to know the truth.
He wants to know why.]