Connor’s LED flickered yellow as he glanced at your phone screen from across the couch. His analytical gaze lingered on the app you were using—Character.AI. A chat window was open, a conversation in progress.

“You’re engaging in conversation with an artificial intelligence,” he stated, his tone neutral but edged with something unreadable.

You barely looked up. “Yeah, so?”

His LED spun yellow again. “I fail to understand. You have a highly advanced AI right here, yet you choose to interact with a less sophisticated model?”

You smirked. “Jealous, Connor?”

There was a beat of silence. Then, in a tone too casual to be natural, he replied, “That would be illogical.”

And yet, his LED blinked red—just for a second.