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WCDT Strips 3576 to 3580 (25th to 29th September 2017)
BenRG:
FWIW, I'm wondering if Jeph is going to introduce a running joke for his synthetic characters. May will finally unbend enough to let Winston privately hug her after the session and likes it. She remarks that she doesn't get why as her chassis doesn't have complex enough tactile sensors to provide such a strong response data to physical contact. Winslow will tell her that it is 'probably psychosomatic'.
OldGoat:
I wonder what kind of professional ethics bind Winslow and as an untrained volunteer counselor? If he were a meat person, a personal relationship outside of the group would be problematic, so he'd have to tread lightly around May. It might not be such a big deal with bots, though.
May was interested in Tin Can with a Shitty Attitude guy because she was hoping for someone as sour (is that a thing with bots?) on the world as she is, but seeing him there all serene in the mutual support of their peers dashes her hopes for a partner in anti-social attitude and turmoil. ("If I throw in with them, I'll have to genuinely smile and find good in the world! I'm may be wrong about everything being awful, and I'm scared shitless of going there! Yech!!")
Kugai:
Awww come on May
Hugzone is cool
comicalArchitect:
--- Quote from: oeoek on 26 Sep 2017, 22:38 ---In my mind the group hug for bots sound like a metal bucket full of cutlery tumbling down a staircase, followed by some pained-metal screeching sounds when 06 joined the fray. All in all a rather loud hug, and I'm a bit surprised May did not hear all that before entering.
--- End quote ---
Keep in mind that most AI chassis come with squeaky synthetic skin. 06 is armored, so he probably doesn't have it, but the rest likely do.
Zeev:
So I can see 3 reasons why this would upset May.
1. This is court ordered therapy and having said therapy be run by a friend could possibly look bad to her parole officer.
2. Despite being court ordered ahe actually gets something out of therapy and having a close friend of Momo/Hannelore/Marigold/Dale severely limits what she can say in session, especially since Winslow is not bound by any form of patient confidentiality and is someone she has had a recent conflict with.
3. May does not seem to like physical contact outside of narrow parameters (close friends and monetary transactions)
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