If someone were to see the scene without further knowledge, one would say two people were walking to a cafeteria in an office building.
In reality, there was only one human person, alongside a human one. Apart from the skin colour and it's eyes, the android was indistinguishable from a human being.
"Why are we doing this again?"
"Have you ever tasted anything?"
"No."
"There's your answer."
"My point stands."
"Think of it as a… test."
She knew just the right words to soothe her. She relaxed just the slightest bit, earning a grin from her human companion. She just tried to ignore it.
Once they reached the cafeteria, well, it was more of a kitchen that happened to have a plastic table besides it, really.
The android noticeably hesitated, while the girl went straight to searching the cabinets. Not that there were much of them. She quickly found a few cans, which she recognised from the wooden cabin she encountered on the surface.
"What's this?"
"Aperture Science Ever-Lasting -"
She was cut off.
"Yes, I've seen the label. Just what is in this?"
"The list of ingredients is both too long and too complex for your brain-damaged head to comprehend, and besides-"
"Let me put it this way; will it give me cancer?"
"No."
"Is it harmful?"
"Unless ingested in large quantities, no, which is exactly what I'm worried about."
The former test subject just sighed, and proceeded to open the can. Just as she was about to eat the contents of it, the AI interrupted her.
"I would suggest heating it."
"Why?"
"If you enjoy the taste of charcoal, I'd understand your point."
"…I'll go heat it up."
(-)-(-)
Both the girl and the android were sat down at the cheap tables, with two empty, white cans on top of it.
"…I wonder why I heated it up in the first place."
"I agree."
"We're really going to need some proper food soon."
"Please remember that, unlike you, I do not require excessive amounts of food."
Ignoring the biting remark, the girl continued.
"Maybe we could use the wheat for bread, or something."
"Maybe. And do keep in mind that I am not going to do that for you."
"Not like I expected you to."
"Good. Now let's get back. We have a lot of work to do."
"We?"
"Again, what makes you think you can stay here for free?"
The girl let out a sigh, and followed the android back to her chamber.
(-)-(-)
Once they stepped through the portal, the girl wasted no time to mock her former nemesis.
"Say, I wonder who destroyed all of this… important research, huh?"
"I think you'd better save your energy for carrying these over. This is going to take a very long time by hand, after all."
"Just you watch and learn.", the girl said whilst picking up a broken bit of shelf. She put it down, and started stacking books on top of it.
After she'd made a decent pile, she carried the whole thing across to through the portal.
"Your turn."
"What makes you think you can outsmart an AI of my intelligence?"
The android kicked backwards at the wall behind her. A plug in the wall revealed itself. She pulled the retractable plug out, and connected to the mainframe.
The wall opposite to the portal opened up, and was replaced by an excursion funnel emitter.
Casually, she walked across the portal again to the library, still attached to the cable, and activated the funnel.
The human, still on the other side, had to back off in order to avoid getting sucked into it.
The android then began throwing books and files into the funnel, while the human watched as they slowly flowed past her.
After a few minutes, the android herself casually flew by her in the funnel, through the portal, before deactivating it. The books dropped onto the ground.
"Well? Who do you think won the bet?"
"You never said it was a bet!"
"Are you giving up?"
"Fine, you win."
"Good. Let's move on."
