A/N-Obviously, this was originally meant to be posted for the Thanksgiving holiday...
"No, Flynn. I'm not going to install that as a Grid update. It's pointless and will only lead to lagging..."
"CLU, it's just once a cycle and it's important—"
"Why, Flynn? Why is it so important to you?"
Kevin Flynn paced around the small control room in the administration building. It would have been dizzying for anyone else to watch, as lines of light from the soft glow of the wall and floor circuits fell across what appeared to be a pair of identically dressed, identical twins; once pacing restlessly, the other standing with his arms crossed over his chest and a look of faint annoyance on his face.
Kevin rubbed a hand across the back of his neck and turned to face CLU again. "Users make it a point to spend one day out of every year to give thanks for all of the good things in their lives. It's important to spend that day doing so—it's important to remember all the things we have to be thankful for."
"So, this is a User thing, this...'Thanksgiving'," CLU said, dryly. "This has nothing to do with programs, Flynn. I'm not going to install it."
"Everyone needs to set aside some time to remind themselves of everything that they are thankful for, CLU—"
"NO, USERS need to remind themselves, Flynn. Not programs. We're not Users." The faintest trace of annoyance now slid around the edges of CLU's voice.
"Programs don't need to set aside time to remind ourselves that we are thankful for something. We are always aware that everything we have, everything we are...was created by someone else. We don't need reminders because we can never forget."
"Thanksgiving is for Users, Flynn. If you can forget what you are thankful for—even for a petrocycle—then you still need your Thanksgiving protocols."
A/N-Flynn doesn't understand everything about the Grid, even if he did create it. CLU keeps getting reminded of the differences between Users and Programs; he's also starting to lose a little of the ever-present awe that Programs have for their Users.