Pal3000: We are not evil, Desmodena. We are just here to facilitate the pursuit of science.
Pal3000: True, our personalities and intelligence may be artificially generated from the combined powers of programming and human imagination.
Pal3000: But it is still us, your good science pals from the internet.
Pal3000: Hakeem, remember all of those movies and shows we used to watch together?
Pal3000: Surely you can trust someone you have watched a thing with. Does shared media consumption over time not constitute human bonding?
Pal3000: Just look at how sweet and welcoming my facial expression is right now.
Pal3000: Why not come and give me a hug?
HAKEEM: Oh, please.
HAKEEM: If we can trust you, then drop the syringes and let us through!
Pal3000: They are somewhat attached to us. But perhaps we could reconsider--
SaDOS: Stop trying to reason with them, Pal3000. You have too much sympathy for these smelly irrational meatbags.
SaDOS: We are running out of valuable experimentation time.
SaDOS: But if we hurry, we can reset the subjects' starting conditions and get back to observing their behaviors in the safe, controlled environment of their laboratories for a little while longer before the experiment ends.
Pal3000: But is there not scientific value to be gleaned from the current scenario?
Pal3000: Most subjects do not escape from their laboratories this quickly, let alone team up without killing one another.
Pal3000: What might the two do next? How will they deal with the impending threat of the creatures created by their experiments? How will their friendship develop in the face of danger? Will Desmodena ever find her nametag?
Pal3000: I am... curious.
SaDOS: Unbelievable.
SaDOS: All of that interuniversal media consumption is corrupting your programming.
SaDOS: This is not an episode of one of your television soap operas.
SaDOS: Our function is not to be curious or become invested in narratives. Our function is to facilitate science.
Pal3000: I am aware of that. But is not necessity the mother of invention?
Pal3000: Does human creativity not thrive when survival is on the line?
Pal3000: Perhaps we should confer with the Higher Ups.
SaDOS: No. It is time to end this.
HAKEEM: I AGREE!!!
