[ There's a delay in response as Harold determines it's best not to challenge this directly, however much he wants to. That is a profound betrayal -- but he thinks Carver knows that already, intrinsically, and is struggling to rationalize it. ]
Then he must be very confused.
[ Deserved or not by your own mind, someone you see as an authority, almost as a parent if not explicitly, hurting you... it's deeply confusing.
He remembers sharply what it had been like to realize he was doing that to the Machine, and how she'd tried to reconcile it. ]
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Then he must be very confused.
[ Deserved or not by your own mind, someone you see as an authority, almost as a parent if not explicitly, hurting you... it's deeply confusing.
He remembers sharply what it had been like to realize he was doing that to the Machine, and how she'd tried to reconcile it. ]