Kal-El will confess that he doesn't mind Kelex playing favourites, if pressed, maybe after some dithery assurance that it totally doesn't play favourites. But not much dithering. This is due to both the obvious reasons and also the fact that the original AI had so strongly advised against his existence.
This is a better change of pace. Not quite like a new puppy, or anything, but an extremely aloof house cat that's chosen you as its person.
He presses a thin smile to Bruce and watches what he does, a smile that then fades at the sight of a perplexed Batman. "What is it?"
It's the El family pet robot, Kal should get to be the favorite. Bat-the-hu-Man will just have to earn the respect of an arguably sentient alien smartphone GPS the hard way, with patience and character. Good thing he is so normal and likeable.
"Am I right in thinking these indicate a need for repair, and these are missing or totally destroyed?" first, a clarification aimed at Kelex, who responds in the affirmative.
He looks at Clark. "I can probably convert the results of a Kryptonian diagnostic to what's hypothetically capable on Earth, but finding the parts is something else. This will be a longer project than either of us anticipated, probably."
Clark considers that seriously, gaze flicking to the wall of shifting mercury. He asks, query directed towards Kelex, "Are you able to draw up, um," the 'um' is in English, for the record, "schematics of any parts beyond repair? Do we have materials that we could repurpose?"
"This can be provided," Kelex affirms. "Along with an overview of compatible materials that can be found both on this ship and on earth, along with those that cannot."
He lets go of a breath, and looks to Bruce. Yes, a long project, but, "It'd be worth it," he says, all earnest eyebrows, quiet certainty.
If Bruce were the type, he'd be tapping his fingers nervously right now, not out of true anxiety, but his mind working too quickly in too many directions. He isn't, so he remains still and undisturbed, but he's still. Thinkingthinking. The ways they could substitute this or that. The time it's going to take. Prioritizing what to fix.
When he looks at Clark, his earnestness, he thinks even more.
"It'll be worth it," he agrees. "Even if not for what we've been thinking about."
It'll simply be worth it for Clark, and for the remains of Krypton. Then—
"Kelex, do you mean compatible materials on Earth as in, naturally occurring resources on the planet, or remains from other points of contact with celestially foreign bodies?"
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This is a better change of pace. Not quite like a new puppy, or anything, but an extremely aloof house cat that's chosen you as its person.
He presses a thin smile to Bruce and watches what he does, a smile that then fades at the sight of a perplexed Batman. "What is it?"
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"Am I right in thinking these indicate a need for repair, and these are missing or totally destroyed?" first, a clarification aimed at Kelex, who responds in the affirmative.
He looks at Clark. "I can probably convert the results of a Kryptonian diagnostic to what's hypothetically capable on Earth, but finding the parts is something else. This will be a longer project than either of us anticipated, probably."
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"This can be provided," Kelex affirms. "Along with an overview of compatible materials that can be found both on this ship and on earth, along with those that cannot."
He lets go of a breath, and looks to Bruce. Yes, a long project, but, "It'd be worth it," he says, all earnest eyebrows, quiet certainty.
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When he looks at Clark, his earnestness, he thinks even more.
"It'll be worth it," he agrees. "Even if not for what we've been thinking about."
It'll simply be worth it for Clark, and for the remains of Krypton. Then—
"Kelex, do you mean compatible materials on Earth as in, naturally occurring resources on the planet, or remains from other points of contact with celestially foreign bodies?"
"Both."