Well THAT was a brutal way of getting his help. I mean, he has to be feeling like he was run over by a car, emotionally. :-p Someone he cares for is hurt and then he finds out she isn't what he thought she was.
And whomever is on the other end of that comm line is NOT playing games from the sound of things. :-D Message sent and received.
At least it sounds like Jet still WANTS to help her. Now if he can get his emotions sorted out he might actually be a major help to Galina.
Well, she knows what she is, mostly Cat. And personal perception DOES define one's SELF!
So her perception might not jive with anyone else's, but that's okay. Most people's perception of themselves doesn't jive with everyone else's. :-) Hers is just a bit MORE out of line than most people's.
Who EVER figures out all their potential, Cat? Most people wander around lost for a LONG time before realizing even a fraction of their potential.
Fortunately for us, the artist/storyteller has figured out that can be VERY entertaining. :-D Thank you, again for putting out the wonderful comic. :-)
Dr cooper really cant do much , shes a general practitioner. and while she can understand - this is a heart - this is a eye .. ect ect - the problem is Galina's spine. that means a mix of real nurons and fiber optics. its over her head honestly.
I think it's the base commander. He knows all about Galina and is complicit in her secret. That would explain the anger I'm hearing about the situation.
At this point I think Galina may well feel she would rather be dead that allow Jet to work on her. Now for the elephant in the room, she still considers herself to be his girlfriend, and him working on her would require him see her unclothed
in a laboratory setting and allow him to touch her body without her permission. Not that the idea of allowing him to touch her body hasn't come up in her thoughts already. How humanoid is Galina, I can't picture someone recreating his daughter as a android and programming sexual responses and functioning sex organs.
Remember Dr Kotko was trying to create a "perfect" copy. with all the failings and strong points of his daughter. that means looking forward too. emotional and physilogical sensation is part of the human experiance. its not that perverse to create every detail, also he is not the only person that worked on her.
Not talking perverse, talking the father in me would want to keep her at the age of innocence forever to maintain my most cherished memories of my foster daughter. I'm sure most males would feel the same, keep their daughters young pure and innocent before discovering boys.
obsessive perfection would include as mjuch as he was capable of to give her a "life" besides being a lab rat. and amusingly enouygh sensation - touch, taste, smell ect ect are all part of creating a healthy individual there were other attempts made at this . including full positronic models and fully cloned versions. this Gali is the only one that survived and did not go insane.
example creating a version that had limited input would cut her off totaly from humanity and any possablity of a "intamate" relationship. and make her far far colder and less likely to even care about others. so all options even the " other" options were taken into consideration. Kotko was also very practical. he knew a "limited " version would always be "broken"
She will most likely be under some sort of sedation just like a real human would getting an intrusive operation. Besides, if she asks him later if he stared at her nudity he could always say he lost the boner when concentrating on the operation.
Operating theaters tend to kill boners fast. however - he may not be allowed to help due to "conflict of intrest" the medical field frowns on unlisenced people performing bleeding edge surgerys and the favt he likes her might make him more prone to screw up out of nervousness..
But not being officially recognized as a life form that would be a mute point. If an alien did land and get injured they are not covered under human rules but more like veterinarian as not human.
Talking about the blurring human/machine border lands, a small dark thought occurs to me. Just how perfect a fix is the current Lunar medical/mechanical state of the art capable of?
Depends on WHERE on Luna you are I think Cat. I mean, she was MADE on the Luna. And the DocBot already fixed her once too. So the technology EXISTS to help her, but whether the people at this base can remains to be seen.
yes - I thought I had said this before- Galina was constructed on earth and sent to the moon by the goverment along with the good Doctor due to the increaseing voilence.. :D
A thought impinges on my early morning consciousness:
DR. 'Colorful Vocabulary';
a) has a vigorous and vaguely familiar style of speech.
b) has a demonstrated uber-scientific ability.
c) has an acute sense of Galina's importance. (on very short notice too.)
d) has command influence over highly placed and skilled personnel.
e) is implied to be located in the Far East.
f) has a red accented speech bubbles.
Someone with 'a lot' of irons in the fire who can not only remember which handles are hot, but their exact temperatures both F and C! And has plenty of time to apply them.
And whomever is on the other end of that comm line is NOT playing games from the sound of things. :-D Message sent and received.
At least it sounds like Jet still WANTS to help her. Now if he can get his emotions sorted out he might actually be a major help to Galina.
She isn't what she thinks she is either...
So her perception might not jive with anyone else's, but that's okay. Most people's perception of themselves doesn't jive with everyone else's. :-) Hers is just a bit MORE out of line than most people's.
Fortunately for us, the artist/storyteller has figured out that can be VERY entertaining. :-D Thank you, again for putting out the wonderful comic. :-)
Offcourse, she's such an odd type, she don't have a manual, which is strange, to say the least.
[Good thing he's young and 'boney' though!]
(I suspect DR. 'Colorful Vocabulary' is going to be on the next flight up!)
Poor Gali *hugs and comforts her*
That was not nice of kiku to rattle her out like this to her boyfriend.
I just hope Cloe (Dr. Cooper) and Hyun-Jung get informed soon - I think Cloe might be able to help Galina also.
I think a lot of people's careers are going to take an abrupt turn.
[Smell that in the air? It's History!]
Poor Galina though she looks quite ... fragmented in there *hugs her*
shes feeling very out of sorts at the moment.
I hope Jet can help her hold together.
All shall be revealed in due course...
Don't forget the 1.48 second delay...
in a laboratory setting and allow him to touch her body without her permission. Not that the idea of allowing him to touch her body hasn't come up in her thoughts already. How humanoid is Galina, I can't picture someone recreating his daughter as a android and programming sexual responses and functioning sex organs.
example creating a version that had limited input would cut her off totaly from humanity and any possablity of a "intamate" relationship. and make her far far colder and less likely to even care about others. so all options even the " other" options were taken into consideration. Kotko was also very practical. he knew a "limited " version would always be "broken"
The elephants bite
With secretive glee
At the rigid roots
Of reality!
I think Galina passed HER Turing Test The Kiss. :-D
A thought impinges on my early morning consciousness:
DR. 'Colorful Vocabulary';
a) has a vigorous and vaguely familiar style of speech.
b) has a demonstrated uber-scientific ability.
c) has an acute sense of Galina's importance. (on very short notice too.)
d) has command influence over highly placed and skilled personnel.
e) is implied to be located in the Far East.
f) has a red accented speech bubbles.
Hmmmnnnnn? (!)
That's a new one.