Here's festive data. She's gotten through enough of the firewalls to speak again, but she's still paralyzed from the neck down.

Milo: *snuggles up on her lap*

Data: who are you?
(She hasn't even heard of Milo yet)

Rizu: he's my new kitten :>

Data: aww, he's cute.

How'd you get him?

Rizu: I found him living in a box on the street
He is my son now

"Youre my friend now, we're having soft tacos later!"

Rizu: ._. Who are you?

No it was a meme
https://youtube.com/shorts/k3BKgps5Ans?si=hRHfEEjrytEvdRfi

Never seen it

Data: now you know how Astra felt when she first got lay

Key word is "first"

Rizu: yeah I kinda do haha
Also turns out Milo is Ripley’s son, and Ripley wanted him dead so I think I killed him? My memory is kinda fuzzy around that part

Data: hmm

Rizu: yeahhh, i think I might need to go back into anger management

Data: are you still going nuts over swearing? I heard Astra say crap and megalovania didn't start playing for once

Rizu: Pearlfan23 is kinda over that joke so I don't really do that anymore :\

Data: f*cking idiot. Got it.

Rizu: ppfffftttt-

Data: YEA- wait what does that mean

Rizu: it doesn't have an exact translation, but it's basically the equivalent of f**k or idiot

Data: f*ck yeah!

Rizu: Giikan!! >:3

Milo: wizu cat

Data: I'd pet you if I could move my arms

Milo: *curls up into b a l l*

Data: :D

*she sees the giant scar on him*

Data: 0_0

Milo: huh?

Data: how did you get that scar?

Milo: *looks tense*

R-ripliy

Data: O_O

I- I didn't know...

I wish I could cuddle you right now.

Milo: I- its fine

*he curls up into a ball, sadly*

Data: (to self) First robots and now kittens?

Milo: eh?

Data: :( oh...

Milo: H- he kiwed my mom

And my uncwle Lawy

Data: ... Let's just say you're not the first one he's been mean to.

Milo: i- i am

he- hes my da- dad-

*UO walks in.*
UO: You doing good in there?

Data: better than I was with EC in my head.

UO: Well, at least that one asshole is gone... But, there's still problems out here, even without him...

Data: if another f*cking parasite takes over my systems I wanna be the one to kill them.

UO: Noted... I know what it's like to be infested by a parasite, or a virus for that matter...

Data: ... I imagine it's different for humans (or inklings, I forget what uo is) than it is for robots.

(Octoling)
UO: It kinda was, but it took me over... made me dead, but alive. even though I was Sanitized, or zombified, I felt in control, but at the same time, like I was bound to a chair and forced to watch...

Data: damn, that's way worse than what I had.

I was fully conscious, but not in control of my body.

I had to watch everything he did, and all I could do is occasionally display a :3 face on my screen.

UO: Yeah... when the virus eventually left... I didn't feel right to show back up at the house, so I forged my own life, got a metalworking degree, started a business, and just, lived under the radar for almost a full year...

Data: ...

UO: Said too much, didn't I?