[Unauthorized? Is the android implying they were stolen? It is possible that Arid’s body had been pilfered by scavengers and perhaps resold. What is less clear is how they were able to apparently stall the virus’s progress—and why they had left her memory intact.
One circumstance implies technical prowess. The other, total ineptitude. Arid isn’t sure how to reconcile both traits in her hypothetical captors.
There is another discrepancy, as well:]
They have not attempted to make use of me. [She inclines her helmet towards the oblivious humans. None have attempted to wear the Mark-7 combat suit, despite the protection it would grant from the cold, nor have they attempted to compel Arid’s assistance at all. If these humans have somehow purchased them, even through illicit means, they are not behaving as new owners. At least, not yet.]
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One circumstance implies technical prowess. The other, total ineptitude. Arid isn’t sure how to reconcile both traits in her hypothetical captors.
There is another discrepancy, as well:]
They have not attempted to make use of me. [She inclines her helmet towards the oblivious humans. None have attempted to wear the Mark-7 combat suit, despite the protection it would grant from the cold, nor have they attempted to compel Arid’s assistance at all. If these humans have somehow purchased them, even through illicit means, they are not behaving as new owners. At least, not yet.]
Have they made any attempt to use you?