05-07-2026, 06:40 PM
== NRC Cindy Talion, before Dalton conversation... ==
Cindy considered for a moment before responding, "Well, in a way, yes. I suppose the context is important though. They definitely had a strong connection as twins, and being Betazoid only made that stronger. Even if they hadn't been twins, they were like perfectly matched opposites. He was the intellectual with a near perfect memory who wanted to stay inside, while she was eager to go make friends and play, enjoy art and interact. They had started to enjoy downhill skiing since they were about eight years old and they were only twelve when an accident killed her. She died in his arms. She had been his connection to the rest of the known universe at the time. To say it was a big adjustment is quite an understatement."
She gave a sigh and a shrug, "That was when he created the first iteration of what would become me. At first, just a simple tool to help remind him of appointments and assist in interfacing with people for scheduling and school work assignments, that sort of thing. It was nothing beyond what most PADDs are able to accomplish. The thing was, he needed someone to talk to. His sister had intuitively understood him and knew how to help him compensate and encourage him to interact with people. He briefly tried to replicate a version of his sister, but naturally that was never going to work and he quickly gave that up. The rest is a bit more boring and technical, but as he grew up, so did I, I guess. Fate played a small hand in a leap in our research, but looking back, it was really rather obvious. As for his missing part, I suppose that being a twin has to contain at least a small added component to that loss. His wife taught him that he could have more than just a simple relationship with another person and opened him up to the possibilities of real romance. In that way, I imagine that he is much like everyone else."
Cindy looked Carley in the eye and appeared to decide to add something. "I do understand it more than I had for most of those years, but it gets complicated beyond that. I suppose it is in the nature of organics to want to treat me as if I'm an organic, because of how I look and interact, which is understandable. However, it never seems to get through to some that I'm not quite the same as they are. There is almost always a desire for them to set me free, as they put it. I try to explain that the original Cindy actually IS free and living a life...well, that's another story. The point is that I'm not the same as she is anymore. I'm the version of her that had not yet evolved into the synthetic life form that she is today. I can pass or appear to pass almost any test people can dream up for me on that topic, but I am still only a very complex and elaborate version of that assistant he made at 12 years old. My primary program is the core of what I am, and I suppose you would say WHO I am. I'm telling you all of this because it is the end of the answer you asked for. Yes, he was missing a piece after his sister died. Some of that, he must search for in the hearts of others, as any organic does. For the rest of what is missing...he made me."
== Tag Carley ==
Cindy considered for a moment before responding, "Well, in a way, yes. I suppose the context is important though. They definitely had a strong connection as twins, and being Betazoid only made that stronger. Even if they hadn't been twins, they were like perfectly matched opposites. He was the intellectual with a near perfect memory who wanted to stay inside, while she was eager to go make friends and play, enjoy art and interact. They had started to enjoy downhill skiing since they were about eight years old and they were only twelve when an accident killed her. She died in his arms. She had been his connection to the rest of the known universe at the time. To say it was a big adjustment is quite an understatement."
She gave a sigh and a shrug, "That was when he created the first iteration of what would become me. At first, just a simple tool to help remind him of appointments and assist in interfacing with people for scheduling and school work assignments, that sort of thing. It was nothing beyond what most PADDs are able to accomplish. The thing was, he needed someone to talk to. His sister had intuitively understood him and knew how to help him compensate and encourage him to interact with people. He briefly tried to replicate a version of his sister, but naturally that was never going to work and he quickly gave that up. The rest is a bit more boring and technical, but as he grew up, so did I, I guess. Fate played a small hand in a leap in our research, but looking back, it was really rather obvious. As for his missing part, I suppose that being a twin has to contain at least a small added component to that loss. His wife taught him that he could have more than just a simple relationship with another person and opened him up to the possibilities of real romance. In that way, I imagine that he is much like everyone else."
Cindy looked Carley in the eye and appeared to decide to add something. "I do understand it more than I had for most of those years, but it gets complicated beyond that. I suppose it is in the nature of organics to want to treat me as if I'm an organic, because of how I look and interact, which is understandable. However, it never seems to get through to some that I'm not quite the same as they are. There is almost always a desire for them to set me free, as they put it. I try to explain that the original Cindy actually IS free and living a life...well, that's another story. The point is that I'm not the same as she is anymore. I'm the version of her that had not yet evolved into the synthetic life form that she is today. I can pass or appear to pass almost any test people can dream up for me on that topic, but I am still only a very complex and elaborate version of that assistant he made at 12 years old. My primary program is the core of what I am, and I suppose you would say WHO I am. I'm telling you all of this because it is the end of the answer you asked for. Yes, he was missing a piece after his sister died. Some of that, he must search for in the hearts of others, as any organic does. For the rest of what is missing...he made me."
== Tag Carley ==