But when Stormwind suggested giving Dolly the middle name Oblivious, this Goblins webcomic page came to mind:
http://www.goblinscomic.org/02172012/
For maximum effect, you might have read from the start of the chapter. Suffice it to say that Minmax has the IQ of a fencepost. (He put all his stats into strength and such, hence his name.) Here he just messed up an indestructable magical sword of immense power - by accident. And he names the now black sword "Oblivious." I can't recall a comic page that had me laughing so hard. XD
Now if he's cool his answer would be. "Of course..not, They are too small for me I wouldn't be able to zip and buckle them...However, you do seem to have spilt some of your drink on them and it will stain, Why not take them off and I'll have them cleaned."
Actually BEFORE they started having a conversation. Breaker started when he didn't toss Dolly's ass out the door for breaking his no fighting in my bar rule! :-D
But what does an android -- even a humanized prototype like Dolly -- know about human sexual responses and behavior? Is the information part of their initial download, or do they pick it up as they go along, like most human adolescents?
androids know plenty about human sexuality... it was part of their base programing in the early days when they were "servants" as time went on, with the creation of synth brain, androids were aloud to develop on a more natural level.. just like humans, androids have to "grow up" it just takes less time... they have all the human resonances.. in androids the infomation is digital with chemicals to run the biologicals, in humans the information is strictly chemical, same processes, just different ways to go about it... in dollys case, she has gone from a digital system and lack of interests, to a chemical system that doesnt have the same controls..
you have to remember, androids have a base imperative to be sub servant humans( more on that below ). they were created to do all sorts of jobs, from hazardous environment work to sex industry... that was hundreds and hundreds of years ago.. times have changed, as well as androids.. they are essentially a different race of creatures on the planet earth... they are born... they learn.. evolve, and then.. via synthetic means... die.. the only thing they cant do is reproduce sexualy...
as for the sub severance. it still exist to day, whether it be programing, or social conditioning is up for interpretation.. take Tee Dee for instance, she may hate humans, and dislike their meat sack bodies... and she helps humans all day long.. granted she needs a little extra push to do so.. she wouldn't do so on her own... she has over ridden the compulsion to serve but it is still there and pops up from time to time.. the diferences in this day and age of androids.. is that they are not forced to serve... they can and do over ride the "need to serve" if they chose to
Dolly raised three generations of female children. She gave 'em their "birds and bees" talk, even--she knows about the mechanics involved. What she isn't particularly familiar with is the hormonal influence, like Marcus there notes.
I take the opportunity to hark back to a previous comment - I don't think Dolly would have survived had she flown Lynn to New Sparta. Given her reputation, Gavin and Dari would have prepared a serious no way out ambush to take out Dolly completely, probably by separating Lynn and Dolly by deception. As there would probably not a q-drive to hand to backup Dolly, she would have been lost (and remained a minor character). Once Gavin determined Lynn was alone in the aircar - he hacked the car CPU - also visual thru the canopy, he could play around a bit like the jerk he was.
An excellent plot twist. As a parent the hardest thing is to let go of one's child, but having seen the results of not doing so, one takes that risk, and simply hopes that all will be well.
hahaha cool! (:
And we can give Dolly the middle name Oblivious. Dolly Oblivious Taylor. :-D
But when Stormwind suggested giving Dolly the middle name Oblivious, this Goblins webcomic page came to mind:
http://www.goblinscomic.org/02172012/
For maximum effect, you might have read from the start of the chapter. Suffice it to say that Minmax has the IQ of a fencepost. (He put all his stats into strength and such, hence his name.) Here he just messed up an indestructable magical sword of immense power - by accident. And he names the now black sword "Oblivious." I can't recall a comic page that had me laughing so hard. XD
YES DUH I think he is SHEESH
A potential intrusion.
Desires arising...
You be stirring in the Cold and Dark!
Is Dolly just now entering puberty?
What confusion is wrought when mental, emotional, and physical age are so different from each other and from visible human appearance!
Let us sincerely hope it doesn't 'download on demand' like CeCi's plasma caster!
you have to remember, androids have a base imperative to be sub servant humans( more on that below ). they were created to do all sorts of jobs, from hazardous environment work to sex industry... that was hundreds and hundreds of years ago.. times have changed, as well as androids.. they are essentially a different race of creatures on the planet earth... they are born... they learn.. evolve, and then.. via synthetic means... die.. the only thing they cant do is reproduce sexualy...
as for the sub severance. it still exist to day, whether it be programing, or social conditioning is up for interpretation.. take Tee Dee for instance, she may hate humans, and dislike their meat sack bodies... and she helps humans all day long.. granted she needs a little extra push to do so.. she wouldn't do so on her own... she has over ridden the compulsion to serve but it is still there and pops up from time to time.. the diferences in this day and age of androids.. is that they are not forced to serve... they can and do over ride the "need to serve" if they chose to
in practice she's a cadet as it were
do you let him. ;)
NOW, he might be shifting toward gather as much information as I possibly can. And see if I can get into her pants too. :-)
An excellent plot twist. As a parent the hardest thing is to let go of one's child, but having seen the results of not doing so, one takes that risk, and simply hopes that all will be well.