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Hey, odds were meant to be beaten.

>[Not really]
>[Guess I'm lucky after all]
>[No, simulation soldiers were meant to be beaten]
>[Only if you're Master Chief, smartass]
~~>[I'll believe that when you show up for real]~~

>[Guess I'm lucky after all]

Guess I'm lucky after all...or you are.

I'll go for you being lucky. I think I used all mine up with not being dead.

>[Damn right]
>[We're both lucky]
>[No, you used all yours up when you got Delta]
>[I'm dead too]

>[No, you used all yours up when you got Delta]

You used up all your luck getting D. You got somebody who's easy to work with.

Can't argue with that. It's like winning the goddamn lottery - I got a sane AI.

...Uh. No offense.

>[Did you just call me crazy?]
>[Besides me, you mean?]
>[I knew what you meant]
>[Punch him in the face]

>[I knew what you meant]

Yeah, I got a winner with O'Malley.

...You were talking about O'Malley, right?

Him and Epsilon and Carolina's...hell, most of them, really. Delta and--well, and you, I guess, now that I know you're one of them--you two are pretty awesome.

>[I'm not really like them]
>[Did you ever meet my AI ex-boyfriend?]
>[Don't forget Gamma]
>[You're right]

>[Did you ever meet my AI ex-boyfriend?]

Did you ever meet Church? Now that I know about the whole AI thing, I'm kinda doubting that he was a ghost, too...

...Seriously? You thought you were a ghost? Delta'd tell you differently....

And no, I can't say I did.

>[I was transparent and I thought I was dead]
>[I waited to see if you were a ghost too]
>[Delta says a lot of things]
>[Church is a real asshole]

>[I was transparent and I thought I was dead]

...I was transparent and I thought I was dead, York. It was kind of an obvious conclusion.

Huh. I guess I spend too much time looking at a transparent guy for "ghost" to be the first thing that comes to my head. Omega never really did like projecting himself, did he?

>[No, he was a creepy bastard]
>[I would have preferred being a ghost, really]
>[Are you saying you would have called me on it?]
>[Now you know why I never jumped you]

>[Are you saying you would have called me on it?]

Not really, but-are you saying if I had shown you the whole ghost trick, you would've said something about the AI thing?

I probably would have had a heart attack. Delta probably would have called you on it.

But somehow? In this place? I'm not really that surprised.

>[Agree to both]
>[Agree to only one]
>[Disagree with both]
>[Ask what he means by "in this place"]

>[Ask what he means by "in this place"]

'In this place?' How does me being an AI on a meatship make any more sense than anywhere else?

Hey, if I can accept a goddamn meatship, I can accept that you're an AI.

I mean, it'd be pretty hard for you to get in my head if you weren't.

>[Good point]
>[This is all just a dream]
>[Maybe I am a ghost back home then]
>[Why do you have an apartment in here anyway?]

>[Why do you have an apartment in here anyway?]

About your head...any reason there's an apartment in here?

Uh.

Cause Delta wanted his own bedroom?

>[That explains why one of them is all in green]
>[Poke around to find out the truth]
>[Redecorate]
>[Accuse him of being a bad liar]

>[Poke around to find out the truth]

Uh huh. Well, it's better than Caboose's head...

[Poke poke poke. Curiosity killed the Tex?]

[It's the apartment he grew up in back on Earth.]

Caboose's? Do I even want to--hey! Be careful in there!

>[Stop]
>[Don't stop]

>[Don't stop]

I'm being careful; I haven't broken anything!

[Poke poke poke]

O-okay, just--[oops, there's a memory of his mom telling him why he doesn't have a dad anymore]--try not to trigger anything that I don't--[oh shit is that Carolina? This isn't PG anymore]--ack!

>[Ask about his parents]
>[Ask about Carolina]
>[Ask what's in the kitchen]
>[Keep poking]

>[Ask what's in the kitchen]

...Should I even go to the kitchen, or will that just bring up more stuff you don't want to talk about?

[He breathes a little easier.]

Sorry. That should be okay - it's where Delta used to hang out all the time.

>[Look in the fridge]
>[Look in the cupboards]
>[Look in the pantry]
>[Stop poking around]

>[Look in the pantry]

Got it.

[Tex rummages in a general sort of fashion.]

[Instead of food, the pantry is filled with humming databanks, each marked with a Greek symbol and a faint humanoid outline. If this is where Delta liked to hang out, it must be where he's kept his memories of interactions with the other AIs. York doesn't seem panicked by this at all, not like he was earlier.]

>[Look at Alpha]
>[Look at Delta]
>[Look at Omega]
>[Back out]