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To hear Athena tell it? Tons of violence! But that's kind of business as usual for anything near Pandora.

But it sounds like he saved the whole damn moon and probably Pandora until handsome jackass ruined it again. Kinda wish we'd known he was out there before we took down Jack back home. We totally would have had him help us.

He mentioned being shot at frequently. And I've heard about this Pandora place.

I don't think he minds. He's not a vengeance fueled man.

Yeah I get that I guess...

...I mean sort of...I'm just having a hard time not hating Jack for still being alive after everything he did.

[ Maybe Tim can give her some advice on letting go of the past while she's there too, she already wants to hit up Lust for some advice on how to look so damn good without compromising her punk rock values.]

...sorry this got weird! I'm totally down for the AV stuff and maybe acting if you want me to. By the time I'm done with your equipment we'll be transmitting this show into SPACE!

Timothy hates him. But his satisfaction is his life, living it as he pleases. God's sake, can you imagine him being violent?

[To Lust, the idea is ridiculous.]

It's perfectly alright. We can always use actors, as well. I hope the Pokemon on the moon enjoy it.

I mean...yeah but pretty much everyone on Pandora is violent. Even the most wimpy of robots has killed like a shitton of people.

Dude...now I wanna make a rocket and go see if there are pokemon on the moon. I'll give you credit on the project for inspiring me.

I suppose, but I'm not talking about hypothetical robots, I'm talking about Timothy.

We went to the moon, a little over a year ago. We had a large party.

There's nothing hypothetical about the robot I was talking about! Claptrap is kind of a big deal...a big annoying deal sometimes but he was on the adventure Tim was on.

Whaaaaaaat? Aw come on really? I missed a Moon party?!

Were there Moon pokemon?

...I see.

[Lust garners the greater implications easily.]

I'm afraid you did. I didn't see any, but they say Clefaries come from the moon. That's why they live at Mount Moon and only come out to dance when it's full. Or something like that.

Huh...those pink puffballs are aliens?

To be honest I've never met an alien as far as I know...but I think one of my friends back home might be one. Either that or a sexy sleek robot. He always wears a mask and speaks in Haiku. Totally weird.

...also he only has four fingers on his hands...or is it like three fingers and a thumb?

Supposedly. I've visited the mountain, and they do dance in the moonlight.

I think there are some here. Aliens, I mean. I'm not sure about robots, we all become human in this place.

Which by the way? Totally lame!

Why can't we all just be whatever we wanna be? How much more amazing would it be if we had aliens and robots as pokemon trainers? Or if we got to keep our special powers?

I understand why some would feel that way, but I'm afraid I can't agree.

Think how much more dangerous this world would be. And I speak not as a human, but as someone who wasn't before this place. I know how dangerous I would be, and I'm relatively benign.

Aww why'd you have to bring logic into it?

I mean...yeah OK a lot of these people are better off without super powers...especially Jack.

But I miss my robot! And Angel was so cool the way she could connect to tech! And Krieg...

...well actually Krieg is pretty much the same just doesn't have his axe.

All things are a trade. Something must be given, in exchange for this life in this world.

And it is safer.

So, what kind of cool nothuman were you before you came here to be safe?

I was something terrible and forbidden. It doesn't exist outside of my world.

Sounds sexy~ Tell me more.

No but for real, that's kind of why the police were after me back home. For "Creation of unauthorized technology."

Basically I am so badass smart I invented tech that no one else had figured out yet and the facist pigs who were on the government's dime wanted to crush it before more people found out and tried using it to better humanity.

[You know...with more death robots naturally.]

Maybe another time. It's not a nice story.

Isn't that always the way? Of course, some things really are better left undiscovered or unmade.

Ugh, fiiiine but only because you're super cool and I know you're not gonna make me hike all over Jotoh looking for echo devices with your backstory on them. That is the the most exhausting side quest.

[Gaige stop breaking the fourth wall, you don't have enough anarchy for that anymore.]

Yeah but if you met my baby Deathtrap you wouldn't be sayin' that. He's such a handsome hunk of forbidden technology that everyone loves him! I mean...except people who try to kill me. He usually makes sure they don't love him.

I don't talk about my life before here much. It upsets people.

...you made something...alive?

Ah, yeah. I've noticed people around here are a little...delicate compared to what I'm used to too!

And that depends on your definition of "alive". Technically speaking I created a highly advanced robot piloted by a complex artificial intelligence capable of learning and altering it's programming based on the data it collects when it's activated.

Some people may just call him a machine but I love my boy~

Delicate or not, my story isn't a pleasant one.

Hmm. Do you consider that...ethical? To create something that learns and grows and is aware of its own existence?

I mean...Ethics isn't my strong suit on my best days.

But if you say it like that, it makes having kids at all sound unethical.

Mmmm.

There's a difference between biological procreation as nature designed, and creating life with science in ways no God ever intended.

Ah...ok well, I mean if it's a god thing then maybe not? But then again if you believe in a god then god is also the reason I was able to figure out how to create such an advanced artificial intelligence right?

I think at the end of the day it's not so much like...creating something that is alive or really close to it isn't inherently good or bad. It's what is done with that life.

Like Deathtrap? Sure he fights and kills a whole bunch, but it's mostly badguys. Bandits and wild animals trying to hurt me. Deathtrap has saved a lot of lives and the more he learns and grows and advances his tech the more he'll save!

It's like that thing, nature vs. nurture? Kinda like that?

...you are making me think way harder about this then I ever did before be tee dubs. Science isn't about usually shoulda as much as coulda!

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