Lore felt happy this was something that was just between him and his father and he liked that, it made him feel closer to him in a way. He sat down on the edge of his bed and patted the space next to him gesturing for Noonien to sit down too.
Again Noonien was so pleased at how easily Lore was using human expressions such as that one, the little pat on the bed. But as he went to sit down next to Lore, he could see that there was something weighing on his sons mind. He waited for Lore to say what was on his mind.
"Can I ask you something?" He asked then he grew very silent and continued, almost in a whisper "Do you love me father?"
"What a silly question Lore, of course I love you, you're my son."
"Even despite of my failure to completely control my anger" Lore said and hung his head.
Noonien reached over to Lore and lifted his head, "Don't you feel ashamed for your actions, even the best of us have difficulty controlling our anger at times. It's probably the strongest of all emotions apart from love. It's understandable that you would have difficulty trying to control it the first time you truly feel it. Anyway, you are my son and I will always love you no matter what."
"I...I love you too father" Lore said meeting his eyes "I will try and control my anger more efficiently in the future, I do not wish to put any further distress upon you"
Lore turned and said with a sigh looking down "Do you think mother feels the same way for me as you do? I know that I upset her sometimes"
Noonien felt very touched by Lore's declaration of love for him. "I'm sure that Juliana loves you very much as well Lore. I know that she can get upset with you at times but it doesn't stop her loving you. If you really want to know for certain how she feels, you would be best asking her yourself, as much as I wish I could read her mind, I don't know exactly how she feels."
Lore thought for a moment talking with his father was much simpler it seemed and he still found his mother to be rather complex, when he relayed this thought to his father, Noonien just chuckled, which confused Lore even more so.
Noonien chuckled to himself at Lore's perception of women, little did he know just how complex women were.
"Are all human females this hard to understand and relate too?" He asked with a slight tilt of his head "I have noticed that mother sometimes says one thing and then does another...I find that during these times, my programming does not make the necessary adjustments in time to correctly extrapolate the proper responses"
"Don't worry about it Lore, women have a habit of saying one thing and doing the exact opposite. It seems like no matter how much mankind evolves, women are still a conundrum. I don't think I could create programming fast enough to deal with a womans change of heart."
"Father, may I ask you a personal question then?"
"Of course you can, you can ask me anything you want, I'm here to answer all your questions."
"Why did you marry mother?"
"Well because I loved her and wanted to spend my life with her of course."
Lore looked back at his father, swinging his feet back and forth he finally replied "Does she meet up to all your expectations now? Do you wish she were more than she is?"
Noonien thought carefully before answering, "I will be honest with you son, most of the time she meets my expectations. It's just at times I wish that she understood my work better , but she is who she is and other than wishing she was a little more understanding of my work, I wouldn't change her for anything."
"How do you know when you love someone in that way father?" Lore asked. "Am I programmed for that?"
Noonien was shocked at the question, how to answer it! "Well, although you are programmed in multiple techniques of pleasuring, I didn't think I should to equip you with detailed programs of love in that respect, I did hope that that you would learn that for yourself."
"You are referring to my sexual program that you added" Lore stated simply "You programmed me with the ability to function in that aspect yet you did not instill in me the feelings that are associated with such an act...Does that mean I can participate in such a situation without feeling what you call love?"
"Yes I'm referring to your sexual program, you are able to enjoy sexual encounters without any emotions, unless you want to have them and develop them. Just like a human would do."
"Enjoy them?" Lore smirked "Then I am programmed to experience the feeling of such a thing without having to be bothered with the way the other person feels or even the way I feel...that is most excellent father."
"No Lore, you misunderstood me. I don't mean that you can't have feelings for another person. I just wanted you to be able to develop those kind of feelings for somebody, rather than simply having them programed into you."
"I do not know if I care to develop such feelings for a human, they can never be as perfect as I am or have the ability to make me love them completely" Lore said looking back into his Father's eyes. "I wonder if love and marriage is something that I can ever have with someone, what do you think father?"
Again Noonien was so pleased at how easily Lore was using human expressions such as that one, the little pat on the bed. But as he went to sit down next to Lore, he could see that there was something weighing on his sons mind. He waited for Lore to say what was on his mind.
"Can I ask you something?" He asked then he grew very silent and continued, almost in a whisper "Do you love me father?"
"What a silly question Lore, of course I love you, you're my son."
"Even despite of my failure to completely control my anger" Lore said and hung his head.
Noonien reached over to Lore and lifted his head, "Don't you feel ashamed for your actions, even the best of us have difficulty controlling our anger at times. It's probably the strongest of all emotions apart from love. It's understandable that you would have difficulty trying to control it the first time you truly feel it. Anyway, you are my son and I will always love you no matter what."
"I...I love you too father" Lore said meeting his eyes "I will try and control my anger more efficiently in the future, I do not wish to put any further distress upon you"
Lore turned and said with a sigh looking down "Do you think mother feels the same way for me as you do? I know that I upset her sometimes"
Noonien felt very touched by Lore's declaration of love for him. "I'm sure that Juliana loves you very much as well Lore. I know that she can get upset with you at times but it doesn't stop her loving you. If you really want to know for certain how she feels, you would be best asking her yourself, as much as I wish I could read her mind, I don't know exactly how she feels."
Lore thought for a moment talking with his father was much simpler it seemed and he still found his mother to be rather complex, when he relayed this thought to his father, Noonien just chuckled, which confused Lore even more so.
Noonien chuckled to himself at Lore's perception of women, little did he know just how complex women were.
"Are all human females this hard to understand and relate too?" He asked with a slight tilt of his head "I have noticed that mother sometimes says one thing and then does another...I find that during these times, my programming does not make the necessary adjustments in time to correctly extrapolate the proper responses"
"Don't worry about it Lore, women have a habit of saying one thing and doing the exact opposite. It seems like no matter how much mankind evolves, women are still a conundrum. I don't think I could create programming fast enough to deal with a womans change of heart."
"Father, may I ask you a personal question then?"
"Of course you can, you can ask me anything you want, I'm here to answer all your questions."
"Why did you marry mother?"
"Well because I loved her and wanted to spend my life with her of course."
Lore looked back at his father, swinging his feet back and forth he finally replied "Does she meet up to all your expectations now? Do you wish she were more than she is?"
Noonien thought carefully before answering, "I will be honest with you son, most of the time she meets my expectations. It's just at times I wish that she understood my work better , but she is who she is and other than wishing she was a little more understanding of my work, I wouldn't change her for anything."
"How do you know when you love someone in that way father?" Lore asked. "Am I programmed for that?"
Noonien was shocked at the question, how to answer it! "Well, although you are programmed in multiple techniques of pleasuring, I didn't think I should to equip you with detailed programs of love in that respect, I did hope that that you would learn that for yourself."
"You are referring to my sexual program that you added" Lore stated simply "You programmed me with the ability to function in that aspect yet you did not instill in me the feelings that are associated with such an act...Does that mean I can participate in such a situation without feeling what you call love?"
"Yes I'm referring to your sexual program, you are able to enjoy sexual encounters without any emotions, unless you want to have them and develop them. Just like a human would do."
"Enjoy them?" Lore smirked "Then I am programmed to experience the feeling of such a thing without having to be bothered with the way the other person feels or even the way I feel...that is most excellent father."
"No Lore, you misunderstood me. I don't mean that you can't have feelings for another person. I just wanted you to be able to develop those kind of feelings for somebody, rather than simply having them programed into you."
"I do not know if I care to develop such feelings for a human, they can never be as perfect as I am or have the ability to make me love them completely" Lore said looking back into his Father's eyes. "I wonder if love and marriage is something that I can ever have with someone, what do you think father?"