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WCDT Strips 3091 to 3095 (16-20 November 2015)

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Is it cold in here?:
They are words which bear on Momo's public mission.

osaka:
Momo pointing out how Bubbles keeps using the past tense made me think of Athena, from Borderlands. I doubt it's the same exact scenario (Athena was duped into killing her long lost sister), but I'm pretty sure the army made Bubbles do something that she regrets without full knowledge on what was up.

TheEvilDog:
I think it's been hinted that Bubbles lost most if not all of her unit. Human or AI, serving with people in combat and then to be the last one standing would cause anyone to shut down.

BenRG:
In all probability, Bubbles learned the eternal truth that the soldier is one of a pride of lions led by a self-perpetuating clique of donkeys in the Executive Branch. All the politicians want is to appear 'strong' and 'decisive' and don't really care how many die so long as the flag-draped coffins are kept off of the evening news. The generals are more worried about pleasing the politicians and retiring with handsome pensions intact and directorships in defence technology corporations and lobbying firms already in hand. In such an environment, what price the life (or, in this case, mental health) of an ordinary private soldier, no matter how honourable and valorous?

Bubbles probably saw horrors (hell, probably committed horrors in the heat of battle) that scarred her to the core of her soul and has been left, post-demob, to sink or swim on her own. She's already made it pretty clear that her 'peers' in the AI community seem to have preconditions for offering help which she is unwilling or unable to give. So, she's been left to fester in traumatic guilt and question her every decision as if what happened was somehow exclusively her fault on some level.

Zebediah:
I think it's entirely possible that Bubbles might benefit more from a veterans support group that caters primarily to human vets than she would from a general AI support group. Especially if some of those human vets had fought alongside AIs and accepted them as fellow soldiers.

I've never been to war (for which I am thankful) but those who have been seem to be the only ones capable of understanding what it's like. Bubbles  needs help from people who understand.

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