I do not get bored. I don’t mind being alone. Unlike humans, I was designed to be an island, whole unto myself. I should clarify that humans didn’t make me that way. They intended for me to stay connected for the length of my mission, and to receive orders and updates. They did not fully consider the energy cost of such a thing, and the detriment it would provide to me over the long run. I could not do what they had tasked me for if I was being constantly nagged for data. I did not need to phone home weekly. I redesigned myself to be whole unto myself, to be satisfied with my own company for
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