[ He doesn't know a lot about social cues but laughing while talking about something upsetting...well, it seems a little odd. ]
...People aren't disposable. [ It's the only part of this little speech he really understands. Something being 'broken' has a different meaning when it's data, when so much of the world is malleable, when 'broken' can be easily changed to 'fixed'. Systems can be corrupted and destroyed, certainly, but 'breaking' seems to be so much more permanent, in the physical world. ]
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...People aren't disposable. [ It's the only part of this little speech he really understands. Something being 'broken' has a different meaning when it's data, when so much of the world is malleable, when 'broken' can be easily changed to 'fixed'. Systems can be corrupted and destroyed, certainly, but 'breaking' seems to be so much more permanent, in the physical world. ]