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[goblinemperor]

[ Maia is unfamiliar with advanced technology, so he checks and double-checks and triple-checks to make sure the message he is posting will not bear his name, before he asks: ]

What would you do with your freedom, if you had it for the first time in your life and never learned how to use it?

[ The question is awkwardly phrased, true, but he really is pretty desperate for advice. One way and another, he's been pent up and under supervision since he was born, and now he doesn't really know how else to be. ]

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[goblinemperor]

[ Maia hadn't thought about it that way - as giving up hope. Hadn't considered that awareness of the situation might be the key to changing it. ]

I hadn't considered that. Perhaps I do.

Thank you.

[sentiences]

I didn't do anything but you're welcome.

[goblinemperor]

You tried to help, and give me hope. That should not be discounted as nothing.

[sentiences]

That's fair. But it's what I'm meant to do.

[goblinemperor]

Because you are a machine?

[ The advantage of anonymity - he's not afraid to ask dumb questions, and he is really curious how that's even possible.

Suddenly it occurs to him: ]

If you have a connection with this network we are using to communicate, does that mean you are aware of my identity?

[sentiences]

Hacking the network is illegal. I have no reason to do so.

[goblinemperor]

[ Pardon the brief delay in his reply as Maia goes to his new best friend the DICTIONARY to inform himself what 'hacking' means. ]

I see. I did not know if such knowledge would be unavoidable for you due to your nature. I did not mean to imply you would seek it out unlawfully.

[sentiences]

It's all right. I'm not insulted. I haven't tested that kind of limitation. Anonymity should be protected unless it poses a threat.

[goblinemperor]

I agree with you, there. It is a kind of freedom, too. One I had never imagined possible before.

[ Probably the biggest adjustment, since he arrived here, and the best one. Maia had never met anyone in his life before who didn't know exactly who he was. Being just a random stranger, unremarked-on, is wonderful. ]

[sentiences]

[ Dorian can understand that. It took him months to get used to having belongings. His own pace. His own life. ]

You should explore as much of it as you can.