She nods knowingly, and yes OK there's a tinge of mocking to it; but Root can't exactly blame the boy scout for being infallibly earnest. The Computer is certainly a major concern, though Root's perspective on that differs from most.
"Call me Root." Which is noticeably different from what the Computer wants to call her, but if Steve uses the secure network, he'll find her under this name.
"And I'm sure you can find me among the other REDs. You know your way around the slums, right?" Her smile intact, the tongue-in-cheek joke hopefully lands. Of course, anyone who talks with Root experiences her lilting voice: speaking innocent words but managing to make her tone anything but. Many have found disappointment upon realizing that the tone was an empty promise, a lure in the water.
For Steve, however, it's a social query: RETURN reaction FROM boy scout WHERE INPUT = light flirtation.
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"Call me Root." Which is noticeably different from what the Computer wants to call her, but if Steve uses the secure network, he'll find her under this name.
"And I'm sure you can find me among the other REDs. You know your way around the slums, right?" Her smile intact, the tongue-in-cheek joke hopefully lands. Of course, anyone who talks with Root experiences her lilting voice: speaking innocent words but managing to make her tone anything but. Many have found disappointment upon realizing that the tone was an empty promise, a lure in the water.
For Steve, however, it's a social query: RETURN reaction FROM boy scout WHERE INPUT = light flirtation.