The AI pulling any kind of stunt today, even something as harmless (and appropriate) as this, was... Well, honestly, they were both expecting it; there were certainly some people that at least suspected, but Monarch was among those that actually outright knew, ever since that phone call from Marise in the latter half of December.
Desi hummed again in response to the compliment. That same phone call with her mother had made some other things known to her roommates, as well. For example: what her wearing that necklace actually meant.
That hum was her only response for several moments as they continued, but eventually, she actually spoke.
"You already know so I don't really need to say it, but, I never thought that I would ever be doing something like this."
Her arrival at the academy in the middle of last year had been with a specific purpose in mind, and while that purpose hasn't been abandoned, things have...not happened the way she had originally been expecting, otherwise.
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Desi hummed again in response to the compliment. That same phone call with her mother had made some other things known to her roommates, as well. For example: what her wearing that necklace actually meant.
That hum was her only response for several moments as they continued, but eventually, she actually spoke.
"You already know so I don't really need to say it, but, I never thought that I would ever be doing something like this."
Her arrival at the academy in the middle of last year had been with a specific purpose in mind, and while that purpose hasn't been abandoned, things have...not happened the way she had originally been expecting, otherwise.