[He wishes he could be surprised about it, or even vaguely taken aback by it, but he's not. Humans will always strive to increase their technology, and they'll do it at the expense of their own ethics, or defer the ethical questions until some nebulous future date after the technology has already been created. It's just a spin on the idiom of "shoot first and ask questions later" that they seem so fond of citing when they're about to do something monumentally stupid, or something as momentous as creating artificial life when they still haven't figured out how to treat organic life with respect.

Fucking humans.

It's only been a handful of months for him post-deviation, having been taken almost immediately after Markus' speech on the stage. Since then he's had to muddle through with learning about and experiencing emotions as best he can with very little guidance. Most here don't realize how shocking it is to go from feeling virtually nothing to feeling everything. Staying very busy helps to keep the terror at bay.

He lets her, mostly because he's both curious as to her intentions and a little nonplussed by her actions. It's not often that people willingly examine his LED.]

Why are they called "blade runners"? Did any of them ever, for lack of a better term, deviate the way I did? The replicants, I mean.

[And if replicants isn't a telling name for them, he doesn't know what is.]

For what it's worth, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm sorry that humans didn't see your life as being important.

[Did they have a revolution too? He has to smile, just a little. Her words very eloquently describe his own mixed feelings towards humans.

He raises an eyebrow, realizing that she's right, introductions have been neglected.]

It's a very pretty name, Mariette. Did you choose it yourself? [A half-smile tugs at his lips.] My name is Connor, I'm- I'm just Connor.

[ooc: it was tempting, ngl! XD hi-five for android fans!]