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Relax love. Red could see the turmoil on the features on Aasritha's body, her ears especially showing a unease. Don't go worrying him too much. He's sensitive enough to people's feelings, showing them will only encourage him to worry more. I'm not nearly as irritated as I seem so remain calm.

Of course Red knew she was lying, but she was imitating the same soothing voice she would use at home. It took most of her power to keep the voices from leaking out to other telepaths. They were so powerful and so present at the forefront of her thoughts that any mental dialogue was a risky endeavor, but it was still the best way to have a private talk with someone.

"What would you like? And you too Valin?" Since she was already there, why not get everyone something. She was already pouring her own water in a glass. She didn't return the pitcher though in case they too wanted something as well. Didn't stop her from drinking though. Slowly she let the water trickle down her throat, cooling her head, slowly numbing it and quieting the voices. Each drop was making her feel better.

She listened as she drank to the Jedi's comments about droids and how annoying they were. Of course she had never met one, but then AI was something she tampered with a little at one time. It was most certainly not something she cared too much about.

"Artificial Intelligence will be the ultimate bane of our existence. To create such complex technology is a feat many pursue just to prove it can be done, but once they do it, what's to stop the nature from making that intelligence greater? Droids have no souls and therefore cannot die. Their knowledge can survive much longer than the life expectancy of a typical human. That makes them convenient yes, but very dangerous. The trick would be to limit the amount of data they can store."

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Valin chuckled, he should have known better than to expect them to know what those meant, "Droids are basically robots with artificial intelligence. They perform a various amount of functions - from the simple labor droid to the more complex protocol droids that know millions of languages and help with species to species relations. There are also combat droids or the very dangerous assassin droids."

It was nice to meet someone open to taking in new knowledge. Valin himself loved to learn new things - especialy Jedi history, which was why he spent so much time with the holocrons. If he was still in his galaxy he would have probably ended up as a Jedi Historian.

"As for the word 'meatbag'," Valin said with a goofy grin, "That is my assassin droid - HK-47's - term for organic species, especially humans. He's a very odd machine, extremely sapient but still refers to me as his 'master' ever since I found him."

"As for that drink, Red. Give me something that looks good. It's not like I can drunk if I don't want to," The Corellian said as he took off his cloak that was over his Jedi robes.

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She didn't mean to but Aasritha heard a bit of Red's self conversation. Now she understood what the droid must have meant by meatbag and could see it comparison to the 'worthless sack of flesh' on Red's mind.

"Ah, I see. So they are like dangerous toys? Can't you make one to talk to and play with? Or do you already have one of those? What colors are they? Can they be small? Can they look like people? How big can they be? How small? Do you have one that I can see?!"

"... I'm sorry..."

She was just a bit hyper talking to someone so playful and this was her first time out in a while. Though going to India next week that was both a good and bad thing. Now she just wanted to enjoy life as much as she could. She was so thirsty after her rant and saw a drink on the table. Unfortunately she had never been to a bar before so she did not know what she had just grabbed and drank. Though it did make her head feel kinda funny...

<~>I suppose I should make an effort to include myself as well as think up something for Red to do that whole time.<~>

"You have your methods Valin and I have mine." She wasn't defending herself, but her voice was unnaturally distant. Truth be told she had long since lost herself to her thoughts. She wasn't even mentally present with them, her consciousness having long since abandoned them to each other, making her voice almost mechanical. Yet at the same time, her body was as alert as ever. Her ears were still perky, waiting for the lightest sound to catch. Her tail was flicking back and forth like a cracking whip, discouraging any ideas of disturbing her.

Wherever she was and whatever she was thinking she didn't really want to be lectured. Not because she was afraid of being persuaded but because she would be just as successful at defending her point. Stalemates pretty much meant both parties were better off quiet.

Her nose caught the scent of the drink Aasritha had grabbed long before the young girl drank it, but she had said nothing, and whatever happened would be Aasritha's own fault. Only should she reach for another drink would Red stop her. They shared a bed afterall. She wasn't going to be fighting a drunk all night.

<~>Good night Deity.<~>