[Wandering around the rest of the house, you will find an office with a woman in a lab-coat inside. The room is filled with papers and mechanical parts strewn everywhere. She seems hard at work as she draws on some paper.]
Certainly, although the human prohibition on what's commonly called indecent exposure has never made a great deal of sense to me, particularly of the inadvertent variety. Indeed, nudism has potentially a great deal of practical value, in certain situations: one can imagine that, at the very least, as it is in some sense our natural condition, habitually living in it would build up the resistances to variations in temperature and difficult climatic or environmental conditions that we find in animals such as gorillas that are closely related to us. Admittedly, those animals also live exclusively in a small swath of geographic areas that [she's turned around by now] are largely tropical or at the least, temperate, and we have partially managed to be so evolutionarily successful by succeeding in climates that are not always hospitable to us. However, I'm not advocating for permanent nudity, merely situational acceptance of it. In this situation, I believe you would be well within your rights to remain nude, and I of course have no
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This is an emergency, so could you just redirect the call? I swear we can talk about whatever your problem is after this.
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I'm very sorry, Mr. Robo, but I'm afraid that no one you talk to will be able to reconnect you with your home.
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Who did I end up calling?
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[For a second she sounds happy to introduce herself but it fades quickly, her voice becoming more serious and even sullen.]
I know this must come as a shock to you, but I have a pamphlet that helped me. I could show it to you, if you like?
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Does it tell me how someone transfers sentience from an atomic-powered, metal medium to a biologically maintained system?
That's the one that's really stumping me.
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Don't mind the interruption, just tell me how you did this to me and we can do this the easy way.
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Oh wonderful, a new one.
Let me guess, you just woke up here. Have no idea where you are and are now going to accuse me of kidnapping you?
To make it short. Mayfield and no, I've nothing to do with this.
[She turns back to her work.]
Try the phones if you want an explination, I'm in the middle of something.
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Okay, you got me.
I'm not lucky enough for the name Helsinguard to mean anything am I?
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She opens the door and finds a naked man.]
To borrow a phrase from Kyon, oh, boy.
I don't recollect coming here naked...
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Takes him a moment to register this situation. Getting used to having parts that have to be covered would take getting used to.
After far too long of a moment, he thinks to cover with his hands.]
Cheese and crackers!
Mind turning around a minute? I'd hate to be the first robot labeled a sex offender.
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Long story short, you're not turning me over to the police.
Also, do me a favor?
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