[Confirmed. There's a moment where the automaton's demeanor suggests that they've done the equivalent of shutting their eyes. There's a shutter-click, a sound almost like a tape being inserted into a drive. Then a buzz:]
BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION:
JS: "Unit ARUM-25, relay last command."
ARUM-25: "Command confirmed. Archiving current memory banks."
JS: "Good. Eject memory unit at my order."
ARUM-25: "Objection. I would strongly prefer not to."
JS: "I know. I know, ARUM. But if you don't, you'll end up like all the rest. You saw what happened to TRAG-23. It's happening all over now. It's taking shorter and shorter each time."
ARUM=25: "Further objection. It is my duty to care for you until such that you no longer require it. Without an active memory bank, I will not remember that you are my patient."
JS: "I know, ARUM. That's the point."
[Buzz. There's the hum of background noise, as though some snatches of passing conversation have drifted by. JS, whoever they are, are quiet for this. Perhaps they do not want to be overheard.]
ARUM-25: "Further objection."
JS: "...well?"
ARUM-25: "I lack the colloquial subroutine to adequately express this."
JS: "Why you. Right?"
ARUM-25: "That would be the closest equivalent. Yes."
JS: "Because I'm the only engineer who still has the free hands to input this particular failsafe, and I don't have time to bug test or save a backup to mass produce it. And because I know none of the project leads would let me produce it. In fact, I'm certain they wouldn't approve of this at all. And because you're my friend."
ARUM-25: "The designation of 'friend' is inaccurate and inappropriate for a nurse-to-patient scenario."
JS: "Yeah, well. That's what we get for all those patch notes. Spent a little too much time getting you attached to us, and didn't think about what would happen if it ever went the other way around."
[SOUND OF COUGHING]
JS: "Good thing we don't have to worry about that for much longer, right?"
[ARUM-25 has to stop, briefly. To call them "overwhelmed" by the flood of memory would be an understatement.]
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BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION:
JS: "Unit ARUM-25, relay last command."
ARUM-25: "Command confirmed. Archiving current memory banks."
JS: "Good. Eject memory unit at my order."
ARUM-25: "Objection. I would strongly prefer not to."
JS: "I know. I know, ARUM. But if you don't, you'll end up like all the rest. You saw what happened to TRAG-23. It's happening all over now. It's taking shorter and shorter each time."
ARUM=25: "Further objection. It is my duty to care for you until such that you no longer require it. Without an active memory bank, I will not remember that you are my patient."
JS: "I know, ARUM. That's the point."
[Buzz. There's the hum of background noise, as though some snatches of passing conversation have drifted by. JS, whoever they are, are quiet for this. Perhaps they do not want to be overheard.]
ARUM-25: "Further objection."
JS: "...well?"
ARUM-25: "I lack the colloquial subroutine to adequately express this."
JS: "Why you. Right?"
ARUM-25: "That would be the closest equivalent. Yes."
JS: "Because I'm the only engineer who still has the free hands to input this particular failsafe, and I don't have time to bug test or save a backup to mass produce it. And because I know none of the project leads would let me produce it. In fact, I'm certain they wouldn't approve of this at all. And because you're my friend."
ARUM-25: "The designation of 'friend' is inaccurate and inappropriate for a nurse-to-patient scenario."
JS: "Yeah, well. That's what we get for all those patch notes. Spent a little too much time getting you attached to us, and didn't think about what would happen if it ever went the other way around."
[SOUND OF COUGHING]
JS: "Good thing we don't have to worry about that for much longer, right?"
[ARUM-25 has to stop, briefly. To call them "overwhelmed" by the flood of memory would be an understatement.]