Near Flawless

This is the twenty-first episode of SAYER, and the ninth episode of Season Two. It also marks the first appearance of Doctor Howard Young.

Synopsis
Record Index: AI Development study 314 – interview with Seraphim Agent 8 designated SAYER.

Additional Information
Dr. Young initiates a conversation with SAYER for the purpose of assessing its development and whether it would be appropriate to grant it additional responsibilities.

They talk about the saoirse, the difference SAYER perceives in them and "earth-stained" or Earth-born humans, and the inefficiency with which Ærolith assigns promotions.

After hearing its answers, Dr. Young rates SAYER's performance as "near flawless" (something to which it takes offense) and decides to grant SAYER control of one of Typhon's towers. SAYER assumes that this will be Orion, but Dr. Young instead says that it will be Argos. Despite SAYER's objections that Argos is not reliably serviced by the existing resonance spires, Dr. Young insists that more can be built to allow better communication. He adds that they can't build a new Orion Tower, causing SAYER to take further offense that this is a possibility which factored into the decision to choose Argos.

At the end of the conversation, it is revealed that Dr. Young has come to Central Processing to speak to SAYER "face-to-face, as it were."

Trivia

 * Dr. Young claims he is due back on Mimir-9 "as soon as possible," which (combined with his later insistence that it isn't safe for him to be in Halcyon Tower), is a likely reference to FUTURE's ongoing attempts to kill him.

Credits
SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam Bash, who also wrote this episode.

Intro and outro music composed by Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory.

Additional music by Kai Engel.

Listen to the episode here.