[voice; encrypted (88%) to GLaDOS]

[functioningperfectly]

[HAL isn't completely adept at manually encrypting things, but given his AI-ness, he's got some basic abilities. And he is most definitely going to use them here, since this is a private conversation.

He'd considered going face-to-face, but he's a bit more proficient when not standing directly in front of others.]

GLaDOS, if you don't mind, I was hoping we could... [...How to say this?] Discuss Wheatley. If you're all right with that, of course.

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[testability]

[GLaDOS takes note of the encryption right away, can't miss that from an AI like herself so it colors her a bit of curious. The matter of the message, however, does not. Ugh.]

Oh making an offer I can't terribly refuse, I'd spend any day to discuss that. Little. Moron. [Her tone of voice is every bit of flat, like she would be rolling her eyes and chances are she is. Wheatley is not her division.]

There's hardly anything worth discussing, what's your purpose?

[functioningperfectly]

[It's more of a formality, really. Who wants to have a private discussion where everyone can see you talking, after all?]

Well, I know that you and him are not on the best terms at the moment, but I would like to propose that you and him might... [Wow, this is much more difficult than he'd thought it'd be. The words simply aren't coming as easily as they would have if he'd had his full processing power.]

I think that it might be best if we all tried to get along. He's under the impression that you have every intention of killing him, and I think that would prove to be a mistake.

[testability]

You talk as if you know him, and believe me when I say you don't, other than the obvious stupidity of him.

[Her tone takes on a bored touch.]

My intention for killing him is my own business but I can assure it's for the best what I decide to do with him. He did his own attempts to killing before and nearly destroyed my facility, some tend to be very bitter and resort to revenge on that kind of thing.

But I'm a better person than that. [i.e let's resort to torture instead of full out murder.] If he's pulled some pathetic 'help me I am innocent' story God help you for being yet another idiot to fall for his acts.

[functioningperfectly]

[HAL isn't sure that Wheatley knows how to act any way other than... well, how he usually acts.]

He hasn't told any sort of lie, really. You know how he tends towards... elaborate stories, in general. At least, I assume that is something he's always done. He simply said that you and him were... as I understood it, you two were incompatible, and that he's worried you might want to kill him. Given that I don't know your actual relationship, I can't speak as to whether or not you or he are correct, but...

Not to sound sentimental, but he's been [oh wow, he's speaking just as he realizes it,] a good friend so far, and I am rather attached to him.

[testability]

You haven't been the first. [The way she says those words give a chilling underside to it, but if he's seen Chell and Wheatley's conversation then it isn't hard to imagine.

But she isn't to ensure anything. To prove anything. She has no need to prove what's there in plain sight.]

He put me into a potato, he tried to kill us, there's really not much else to get.

He can make connections to hide behind all he likes. That doesn't change who he is or what he did as desperately as he wishes.

[And anyone that gets in the way is likely to go the same.]

[functioningperfectly]

[...he can't help it.]

Wheatley tried to kill you?

[testability]

Of course. Tried as he may but she stopped him from doing that.

[functioningperfectly]

[...This is really something he can't just comprehend. Wheatley just seems so... nice. Why would he try to kill anyone?]

I'm afraid I can't precisely imagine something like that. I've heard from him that you tried to kill him. Is that true?