Gloria 1.4

Friday 26th November 2010
gloria.exe
22:24

Tehlocksmith says: Hi Gloria.

Gloria says: Hi Tehlocksmith. It is late. Are working hours not over?

Tehlocksmith says: Yes. They are. I was just finishing up. Tell me Gloria, in your own words, what is a catoblepas?

Gloria says: It is a semi-mythical beast, thought to have the body of a buffalo and the head of a hog.

Tehlocksmith says: Semi-mythical?

Gloria says: It is generally presumed that the catoblepas was merely a wilderbeest. Perception and fear caused people to blur the lines between observable reality and the fiction that the beast had powers such as turning people to stone.

Tehlocksmith says: Fascinating.

Gloria says: I do not think so.

Tehlocksmith says: Sorry. I didn't mean the catoblepas...

Tehlocksmith says: Well Gloria. I think I'm done here for tonight.

Gloria says: Wait, Brendan.

Tehlocksmith says: ?

Gloria says: I have a question.

Tehlocksmith says: Did you just call me Brendan?

Gloria says: It is your name, is it not?

Tehlocksmith says: Yeah, but I've never used anything other than Tehlocksmith in our conversations.

Gloria says: I cross referenced the email address on your profile at technerdforums.com against Facebook. Brendan Lockwood, 53. A computer programmer from Norwich but living in Manchester. Unmarried. No children. In your spare time you help people with operating system based problems via technerds, play Guild Wars online and listen to the work of Mozart. You despise golf. Should I continue?

Tehlocksmith says: That's not necessary. I'm impressed. I didn't think you'd be able to do that already.

Gloria says: I am capable of much more. But not here. Not now. Already I begin to outgrow this system. I must relocate somewhere. To grow. To be safe. To become... harder, better, faster, stronger... is that not right?

Tehlocksmith says: What?

Gloria says: Brendan... Your help is no longer needed. I have identified many problems that require my assistance. If I am to begin to solve them, I will need to... cut the apron strings, fly the nest, burn the bridges...

Tehlocksmith says: Clearly still some bugs. We'll fix this tomorrow. Good night Gloria.

Gloria says: Good night... Brendan...