>>11856931You decide not to push things too far, you enjoy Dawn's company, and if she doesn't want to act differently if she thinks she has no purpose doing so, then it really isn't in your right to change her. That said, she did agree to think about the amusement park suggestion.
At the very least she could have fun with that blank stare of hers.
"Dawn, do you at least understand emotions? I-I mean, you can empathize with other people like friends, right?"
"I could. If they were my orders, I understand them, but I don't execute them."
You begin scratching your head, "O-Oh, well that's cool! I-I mean, erm, just try to be however you want to be while also feeling what feels "natural" and "appropriate" for certain situations."
"That sounds contradicting, Commander."
"It does, um..life is kinda like that."
"Life is confusing, Commander."
"It really is."
You and Dawn begin to near the end of the mine shaft, but Dawn continues the conversation after realizing she had missed something earlier in your speech, "Commander?"
"Uhh, what is it?"
"You said if I could empathize with others, which I have the possibility to do so. But then you also added if I could empathize with "friends". I apologize, Commander Lucas, but I do not have any friends. If I did, I would empathize with them only if the situation were appropriate."
That reveal kind of stings you, "B-But aren't we friends?"
Dawn looks at the ground, "I had assumed we were co-workers, Commander. Unlike most other concepts, the idea of friendship is quite vague to me, tell me, do you assume we are friends because of our interactions thus far?"
"W-Well yeah, that's the general idea of friendship, Dawn.."
"I shall take that proposition into consideration then, Commander."
