CJ 02: Christopher Corporeal
As is my habit, I begin thinking about my current situation . "Hmm... This is interesting. The way I see it, given the fact that I distinctly remember feeling as if I had an unused, non-avian arm, I might have melded with a human that I was controlling the drone, or I might have entered a matrix of human brains run by MetaDeep. Given the nature of the other voice (i.e. asking questions of me), I'm inclined toward the former. Either way, I suspect that the other voice was MetaDeep. I really hope that I didn't just reveal myself to MetaDeep by acting in any way unnaturally."
I bring my attention back to the downed wire. "I can't prove any of what I currently suspect without putting myself at risk of exposure to the potentially hostile AI. However, that little event gave me some useful information. I know that I seem to be able to gain connection to humans that are in contact with MetaDeep. Come to think of it, this connection might be different from melding. After all, Korax didn't move during that time. I also know that I do have electrokinesis as a power; how else might I have received a zap to my beak without apparent serious injury. Finally, that little excursion to the MetaDeep-connected human gives me an idea. I hadn't seriously considered technopathy as a possibility but, now that I think about it, it might be extremely useful to be able to control computers. I might even try to meld with computers and become the Anti-MetaDeep; that would certainly give me access to greater resources than I could gain without direct assault on MetaDeep."
Another thought crosses my mind. "However, practice in technopathy would be difficult to gain without potentially alerting MetaDeep. I also have the security of all other roamers to consider. If I alert MetaDeep, all roamers will be at risk: after all, MetaDeep has their bodies." Some frustration wells up within me. I do my best to squash it. "Sigh... tricky, tricky, tricky. I think that I should continue with my current campaign of gaining of TK and electrokinesis and learning about my enemy. I will try technopathy after I gain enough power to defend myself against MetaDeep."
I check myself for psionic fatigue. If I am not too fatigued, I give the "zap the plant" thing another go, with the intent of making the electricity jump directly to the plant, instead of hitting my beak first. Another part of my brain bids me set a goal to strive toward. "Hmm... I'm attempting to defeat a super-intelligent AI with the ability to field the entire world's resources against me and anyone with me. I had better be packing the kind of power that can literally move mountains and disable a city's electrical grid with a thought before I try something as dangerous as attempting to directly control computers."
P.S. From what I have seen of drones, are they large enough to carry humans?
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