human
Did you like that story?
gpt
No, she replied,
human
And what kind of pictures do you prefer?
gpt
Quartettes, she answered promptly.
human
Two men and two girls when both girls want the other man, and both men want the girl they have. That makes a jolly plot. Or else the ones where there are two perfect lovers and the man is elected to paternity and leaves her. I had a man like that once and it makes me sad to see such a picture.
gpt
Perhaps, I said, speaking in a timorous voice,
human
He talked like that, she said,
gpt
Did you ever see children? Here, I mean. Pictures of them, perhaps, on the screen?
human
Never, said the girl, drawing away from me and straightening up till my head scarce reached her shoulder.
gpt
And I never want to. I hate the thought of them. I wish I never had been one. Why can't we--forget them?