Krouse nods, thumbs tucked into the folded waist of his jumpsuit, expression mild and interested. The robot gets back to digging, evidently content with its relocation as long as it has something to do. ]
That and the faces...they're probably trying to get us to anthropomorphize them early.
[ It's a design trick. He's read about mostly in the context of games and getting players to identify with NPCs, but he thinks the extension works. She'd know better than he does, so the pitch is a soft one, undergirded by the slight questioning roundness of his eyes as he glances between her and the robot.
It reminds him of something specific. His smile's still wonderstruck glow gains a little twist of amusement. ]
Like Companion Cubes.
[ That was more of the kind of game he was into before he got interested in the team. Spatial problem solving, figuring out all the tricks of a versatile but focused set of capabilities, and a darkly funny story line. ]
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Krouse nods, thumbs tucked into the folded waist of his jumpsuit, expression mild and interested. The robot gets back to digging, evidently content with its relocation as long as it has something to do. ]
That and the faces...they're probably trying to get us to anthropomorphize them early.
[ It's a design trick. He's read about mostly in the context of games and getting players to identify with NPCs, but he thinks the extension works. She'd know better than he does, so the pitch is a soft one, undergirded by the slight questioning roundness of his eyes as he glances between her and the robot.
It reminds him of something specific. His smile's still wonderstruck glow gains a little twist of amusement. ]
Like Companion Cubes.
[ That was more of the kind of game he was into before he got interested in the team. Spatial problem solving, figuring out all the tricks of a versatile but focused set of capabilities, and a darkly funny story line. ]