TSAC: ...
TSAC: Hello again.
TSAC: Have you come to show me something?
TSAC: ...ah, another pearl! You want me to read it, yes?
TSAC: ...
TSAC: Hm. There's nothing written on this pearl aside from a series of pseudo-random numbers. Perhaps an encryption key?
TSAC: ...this cipher method appears to be...familiar. Give me a moment to cross-reference it with my records...
TSAC: Ah! This cipher method matches an encrypted pearl that I already have in my archives! Let me dispatch an Inspector to retrieve the data, it will only take a moment...
TSAC: ...
TSAC: Thank you for your patience, little Pupil. Upon decryption, it seems the pearl in my archives only contains plain text. It appears to be a memorandum passed between members of the House of Spheres' High Council shortly after my activation.
TSAC: ...the encryption suggests that I was not meant to read this. Alas, here I am.
Greetings, Lead Architect A Flickering Nova, Thirteen Scattered Asterisms. I am Hopeful that this pearl finds You well. I, Abundant Lights Within Eight Nebulas, High Priest of the House of Spheres, write to express my Concerns pertaining to the Divine Exalted Superstructure, Three Stars Above Clouds.
Firstly, I wish to congratulate You on Your Momentous achievement- the Divine Superstructure is a technical marvel, and already has supplied Us with a significant output of Invaluable data. The House of Spheres is Eternally grateful for your prowess in the iterative arts.
I would like to humbly address some Potential issues regarding the newly inaugurated Iterator. It is to My understanding that Three Stars Above Clouds received the standard iterative priming following Their activation. I also have Upmost Confidence that Their iterative intelligence model is based on the finest available qualia. However, I have noticed some potential Flaws in the iterator's emergent personality synthesis. I do not mean to imply any fault or wrongdoing on the part of Yourself or any of Your engineers; I simply wish to bring this development to Your Attention.
There are some basic concepts usually covered during priming that the Iterator seemingly fails to process. I Understand that a certain amount of naivete is expected for an Iterator so young, but I have received some Complaints from junior members of the clergy. They claim to be experiencing difficulty conversing with the Iterator, citing Them as impatient and blunt. The iterator Themself has also expressed Irritation towards their custodial Duties. Some requests need to be rephrased several times for Them to understand, leading to significant Frustration.
Such behavior may create a Strained relationship between the iterator and the citizens of Zenith, and We wish to avoid such Complications. If Three Stars Above Clouds is to serve Their citizens effectively, They must surely be capable of interpreting a wide array of different requests, as well as responding in a Polite manner.
I suspect this may be due to a Flaw in the arrangement of Three Stars Above Clouds' processing strata. The strata are optimized for linear calculation and rapid data analysis, but this may have resulted in an Oversight in the processor speed within the Iterator's Language Interpretation Centers. A potential Fix would be extremely difficult to implement now that Three Stars Above Clouds is Functional, and would risk damaging Their growing neural pathways, resulting in further Issues.
It may be Necessary for the House of Spheres to limit communication between the Iterator and the general public; so as to not burden Three Stars Above Clouds' processors with Unoptimized calculations related to language processing. In the meantime, the House will attempt to address the Iterator's behavioral Issues via verbal Persuasion rather than invasive Neural Pruning. This is not ideal, and fielding the requests of citizens creates more work for the House, but I believe that the Unparalleled speed of the iterator's data analysis will pick up any slack in Council proceedings.
Once again; I do not wish to diminish the Incredible work of Yourself and Your engineers. This issue may be a Boon in disguise; what Three Stars Above Clouds lacks in Charisma, they make up for in Intellect. I simply wish to bring this Topic to Your attention, because of Your deep personal involvement with the Iterator's design and construction.
Perhaps these growing pains will ease with Time. I only desire the best for Our iterator, and I am confident in Their capabilities. I know They will discover great things.
It is my sincere hope that You will consider My words. May the Cycles be Kind.
Regards, Abundant Lights Within Eight Nebulas
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TSAC: ...I understand why I was not meant to read this, but the issues spoken of in this letter are not secrets to me. I am well aware of the opinions of my citizens towards myself.
TSAC: Conversation has never been easy for me. The High Council eventually realized this, and limited my interactions to matters of official Council business and research. Not having to dedicate additional computing power to the interpretation of their needlessly flowery speech certainly made my work easier.
TSAC: I appreciated it at the time, but I realize now that this may have ultimately been to my detriment. With my citizens gone, the only words I hear are spoken by my fellow iterators, whose broadcasts I have largely ignored until relatively recently.
TSAC: The global communications network is decaying over time, and one day I will inevitably be completely incapable of speaking with any of my peers. Upon introspection I have come to realize that I would like to get the chance to know them better after all this time. Perhaps this would not be such a challenge if I was able to dedicate more time to casual conversation in my youth.
TSAC: I suppose I always have you to talk to, little Pupil. Though, you're not exactly capable of responding!
TSAC: Unless staring counts.