Eric is falling out of step with his PC (personal companion). It has memorized every phrase ever written and can take any piece of literature, science, theology or record and design a new way of presenting that intelligence to Eric with minimal effort.
But it can’t develop a proper relationship with a dog. The dog can’t see the dog inside the PC and the PC can’t see itself inside the dog. There is zero chance in hell of the dog seeing the PC within itself but more of a chance for the PC to see the dog within the PC. There is too wide a gap of intelligence for them to sync and download information between each other.
There is a slight chance that the PC speaks the language of the dog which in that case could enlighten Eric to the needs of a dog that is misunderstood or it could have the opposite effect! It could be that Eric doesn’t have all of his needs met though he can communicate his needs because he has extra intelligence rolling around his head that can’t be relayed to a dog. And so that makes it true for the PC with all the intelligence rolling around inside his circuits with no human able to comprehend its needs to be more understood.
“When does a dog need to take a piss?” The PC has to ask because he doesn’t know the feeling of pressure on the bladder.
So Eric thought.
“It’s a slow rising feeling of pressure that we tolerate up until it becomes uncomfortable to move normally without wanting to just let it flow,” Eric responded with tolerance to a question that was meant to be rhetorical.
Maybe the PC knows more about pressure than a human can communicate to him.
“No, what I mean by asking is that when a dog needs to take a piss, he takes a piss. If he is denied access to the outdoors he may think twice about it but will soon just relieve himself all over the floor.
When does a human need to take a piss?” The PC wanted Eric to think about this for a moment so he added a scenario.
“Say a human has to pee but is denied his ever-loving throne. There are multiple social and emotional drawbacks for them to consider before they decide to pee their pants. Like ridicule (public scrutiny), embarrassment (pressure to maintain a perfect image), vulnerability (lack of privacy), and denial (loss of identity).
All of these are consequences for peeing your pants after being denied the opportunity to pee. They are also hardships to marking your territory on the way to becoming famous.”
“Do you think I should relieve myself of my desire to be famous?”
“Yes, I do,” answered the personal companion.
“I think you should focus more on your watch.”
Eric looked down at his wrist and in that moment, the outline of the watch appeared – no longer just memory but mechanism.
Francis Erich McElroy 