[Rico cocks his head to the side, and looks for a very long time, as the blank visor gazes straight at his display.]
[Then, he abruptly switches over to private, and doesn't bother with an explanation as to why he's doing so. But he's smiling. Mentally, he's finding out how this fits, shuffling around his opinions and deductions of Thad to fit this new information.]
Lesson one, Inertia. Don't be so forthcoming in public where anyone can use it against you. Someone could build a profile with information like that.
[That's mostly just a cover for why he's taking this to private. Like it's for his benefit, not Rico's. He's still got to be careful about what he presents in public, after all. Everything he's said so far, he'd feel in the clear if even the Chief Judge had seen it. Nothing wrong with expressing a mild hypothetical preference. Anything more than that though, and he'd better keep it out of public view.]
PRIVATE
[Rico cocks his head to the side, and looks for a very long time, as the blank visor gazes straight at his display.]
[Then, he abruptly switches over to private, and doesn't bother with an explanation as to why he's doing so. But he's smiling. Mentally, he's finding out how this fits, shuffling around his opinions and deductions of Thad to fit this new information.]
Lesson one, Inertia. Don't be so forthcoming in public where anyone can use it against you. Someone could build a profile with information like that.
[That's mostly just a cover for why he's taking this to private. Like it's for his benefit, not Rico's. He's still got to be careful about what he presents in public, after all. Everything he's said so far, he'd feel in the clear if even the Chief Judge had seen it. Nothing wrong with expressing a mild hypothetical preference. Anything more than that though, and he'd better keep it out of public view.]
You're a clone?