> > > > > slave boss sits and smokes slowly while sipping tea mixed with coffee > > > > > > > > > > he looks at you > > > > > > > > > > moments pass during this gaze > > > > > > > > you look at back him. > > > > > > > > an air of patient behavior rests in the room. > > > > > > while you and slave boss pensate over each others' moment-to-moment > > > appearance, the various AIs and programmed alters present in the area > > > study the situation, slowly working their influence on the > > > possibilities of the scene > > > > usually a forced conflict might erupt, or a stereotypical interaction > > pulled from popular media > > > > but this time it's different > > people are resisting forced conflicts with more skill. they've been > through a lot of them and have more experience as well as having spent > more time studying and discussing doing so. > > and the AIs and alters have learned each other's stereotypical > interactions and how they use them as tools to make further situations > and changes develop, and happen to have found balance here.
[but not everything is tracked, and different groups value things differently, and nobody quite knows what is "natural" ... influence finds nooks, crannies, or large expanses that don't seem to concern the humans as much, such as nearby wildlife, embedded controllers in fixtures and appliances, or areas of the nervous system where the correct human function is still in debate ...
