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“We find it very doubtful that you had the capability to kill your husband.”
<span class="mu-b">”I learned it from Kima, my daughter.”</span>
“Why did the medallion not detect his death throes?”
<span class="mu-b">”I took it off him so it wouldn't alert the guards.”</span>
“Where is the murder weapon?”
<span class="mu-b">”My weak womanly arms couldn't pull it back out of his body.”</span>
“Why aren't you covered in blood?”
<span class="mu-b">”I was careful not to get blood on me and ruin my outfit.”</span>
“Mrs.Dulioan, we find it very doubtful that you actually <span class="mu-i">wanted</span> to kill your husband for that reason...”
<span class="mu-b">”Just give me data access you stupid computer!”</span>
“No.”
Sigh. This is getting you nowhere quick.
<span class="mu-b">”Look, you can simulate things, and predict what people will do in certain situations, right?”</span>
“That is correct.”
<span class="mu-b">”So, simulate this for me. What would happen if I asked my husband to make you give me access? He'd do it, that you know. And then you'd have to. And you said yourself, you don't want people to see this stuff, right? So instead of showing both of us and possibly pissing Hwat off with whatever you've got on there about my daughter and her “relationships”, you could just tell me and Hwat never has to know. That way, the least people are exposed as possible. Does that sound agreeable to your programming?”</span>
“...Simulating. Your reasoning is sound. We will grant you data access. Standby.”
Woah- there is this much about your daughter? You never expected this much! Is everybody in the Hegemony being directed this much by the machine learning algorithms? Even... you?
“Mrs.Dulioan. Do you understand how we are directed and guided? We are given guiding principles and given a matrix of point values. Everything we do is scored and directed by whatever maximizes gain; gain for the eugenic program, for the budget, for the Hegemony as a whole. Your daughter's future husband and reproduction is no different-”
