Mobian Tales Chapter 01: Introductions
A few seconds to wait for a computer is an eternity to Echo. So they impersonate the computer's voice and repeat, "Processing... Processing..." till they get an answer.
Now it's their turn to think for a few seconds. How did a computer over 10 years old do a better job of comprehending his questions than a modern computer? The library computer would have answered, "Your question has no answer. Please re-phrase," or something like that, not, "I was built here." Why would someone build an advanced A.I. database with DNA records in the basement of a middle school?
"Wow."
"Good answers."
"So are you an A.I.?"
"What does MELEP stand for?"