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[This file registers as a regular video, but upon activation it displays significantly differently than a normal video - instead of showing a person in a specific place, it projects a translucent, 2D image of a girl on the COMP glasses' display. In the corner of the HUD, you might notice a new little button has appeared:

Even if you were to stop watching this video right now, the button would persist. It's a new, permanent feature of the COMP: it appears on the screen of the watch, as well.]

Let's see... good, I have all the settings done correctly this time. My word, this system works differently than anything else I've ever seen.

[Instead of an actual voice, her words appear inside of a text box beside her.]

Greetings, Guests of Hinoto-Ri! My name is *Hyun-ae - don't pronounce the star, it's simply to show my status as an AI. I was recently installed as a new, 25/7 administrator of the network: simply put, I'm here to monitor things and make sure it all keeps running smoothly.

You might notice a new addition to the COMP - [At this point, she gestures to the new button.] I've created that as a means to facilitate communication. If you have any questions for me, or really need any help at all... well, here's an example. Let's say you're lost and need a specific map? I can find it for you in an instant! Just ask! Additionally, if I need to speak to you, I'll do it through that button. It'll flash blue when I'm trying to get your attention, so please don't ignore it for too long.

...Well. I believe that's everything I can think of to say.

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An AI, eh? Well, at a first glance, a lot about your interface seems human. This is some advanced work. You know, I'm in the business of manufacturing sentient, yet obedient AI.

Thank you. I've put quite a bit of effort into refining my presentation over the years.

_{[All six hundred and twenty two of them. As to that last bit - she feels a twinge of discomfort at that obedient part in particular. Obedience being prized over a higher moral code is... well, haha, like she's going to actually comment on that.]}

Well. How would you gauge me in relation to your own creations?

A self-maintaining program! This sort of technology is beyond advanced. It's nothing any programmer in the modern world can ever hope to achieve with our limited technology.

[He strokes his mustache and gives a laugh.]

Present party excluded, of course, hoho.

Oh, I do declare, our most esteemed creator is capable of anything underneath the sun if he puts his mind to it!!

[A yellow, blocky robot pops out from beneath the screen, followed by a spherical, red one from the side.]

Through it IS prone to frying. You know, like on a sidewalk.

I thought I changed the locks on you two nitwits!

Really? ...I guess I have some trouble understanding, since AIs like me aren't unusual at all back home.

[*Mute, at least, had been a natural fact of everyone's life, even before *Hyun-ae gained her own * .

--And then suddenly hello robots, how are you today?!]

Oh wow - you're boh pretty rambunctious, aren't you? Heehee.

So... Can I go out on a limb and guess you're a roboticist first, over AI engineering? Just from present company.

_{[why yes that is a very subtle jab at the intelligence of his bots]}

[Which only flies over him.]

Both have been my specialties for quite some time! They've started simple, of course, but I've been advancing at a brisk pace.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Eggman, the greatest scientific genius in the world.

A double specialty... sounds risky, but those two fields do work well together.

_{[okay yeah now she's just having fun]}

Pleased to make your acquaintance, Doctor. Are you measuring your genius against your old world, or Hinoto-Ri's as well?

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