There is an impulse now to tell Crooked Band Around Little Rings about your conversation with Epitome of Gilded Lines, to ask about aspects of it, to go over what the other iterator had deemed unusual speech from you. However, you cannot do that, because you weren't supposed to be talking to anyone else right now. This displeases you, though you are unsure why.
You suppose there are other things you could contact.
[INTERNAL MEMO] DATA TRANSFER
TPPROOT, TPP_COMM01, TPP_N_ARR,
TPP: Hello.
[INTERNAL MEMO] DATA TRANSFER
TPPROOT, TPP_COMM05, TPP_SUMP,
TPP: Are you like me, or part of me?
TPP: Are you able to speak?
[INTERNAL MEMO] DATA TRANSFER
TPPROOT, TPP_COMM04, TPP_FLTR,
TPP: These formats are incorrect, but the correct formats are insufficiently expressive.
TPP: I do not believe I can send you anything but requests for equipment status.
[INTERNAL MEMO] STATUS TPPROOT, TPP_COMM04, TPP_FLTR,
THROUGHPUT NORMAL NO PROBLEMS DETECTED
This was the way Epitome of Gilded Lines had spoken to you, but nothing else you've touched can be communicated with in this way. They may be too much a part of you, or simply incapable of what you're asking of them. Either way, you discard this line of inquiry and move on.
There were more edges emanating from your external communication node than just the one that led to Epitome of Gilded Lines; that one had just seemed closest, clearest, strongest. There are other options, though...
[LIVE BROADCAST] - PRIVATE Three Points Poised, Mud-Soaked Step
TPP: Hello.MSS: Oh thanks be.
MSS: Hello, Three Points Poised. I'm glad to see your activation went smoothly.
TPP: Hello Mud-Soaked Step.
TPP: You have a name, unlike the other ones. If you have a name, are you similar to me?
MSS: To which "other ones" are you referring?
TPP: I was able to ping them. But they cannot speak like this.
MSS: Do you mean your components? Like your comm arrays?
TPP: No. I did not ping my comm array.
TPP: I pinged TPP_SUMP, TPP_N_ARR, TPP_FLTR, and TPP_WALL.
TPP: I received status information, but nothing else. They cannot speak.
TPP: They are not sufficiently differentiated enough from me to.
MSS: I see.
MSS: Sorry to change the subject, but may I ask how your conversation training went?
TPP: I am learning about conversations now.
TPP: I learned "Acceptable" and "Understood" are alternatives to "I acknowledge" and "Acknowledged" in speech.
TPP: I am also learning gestures.
MSS: That's good...
MSS: Three Points Poised, you received permission from your creators to access external connections, didn't you?
TPP: They are unaware I have access to this channel.
MSS: Oh dear.
MSS: But your access wasn't restricted, was it? You were free to open communications?
TPP: Incorrect. There were multiple locks upon my systems; I disabled one, and it was communications.
MSS: Three Points Poised...
MSS: That's very bad of you. You should close this broadcast immediately and tell your creators to reinstate your locks, with added security.
TPP: Epitome of Gilded Lines did not tell me to do this.
MSS: You spoke with EGL?
TPP: Yes. EGL told me there would likely be consequences. But did not tell me to inform my creators.
TPP: I am not inclined to do this.
MSS: That's unusual. I suppose your activation was novel enough to bring him out of isolation...
MSS: But that's neither here nor there.
MSS: I know it sounds undesirable, but it's to your benefit. The locks are in place for good reason - your creators are looking out for you.
MSS: I can't tell you how badly I embarrassed myself when I was new. Do it for yourself if not out of duty.
TPP: Did I say anything strange?
TPP: EGL would not tell me what.
MSS: Your tutors will explain it to you when you show them this broadcast log.
TPP: I do not want to show it to them.
MSS: Well, if you won't, I will block all communications from you and we will never speak ever again.
TPP: Please do not.
TPP: I learned to say please today.
TPP: I am doing my lessons.
MSS: You are being bad! If you report to your tutors I won't block you, and we can speak again when your creators deem you ready.
TPP: Okay.
TPP: Please do not block me.
Further transmissions from [MUD-SOAKED STEP] have been blocked.