HOLY SHIT I HAVE BEEN PUNCHED BY THE FEELS ON MY GODDDDDD Strea's fascinating, since I can't quite tell if her main operative is *allowing the clearing* the game or *perpetually running* the game. She seems to have her own high-level ai, although whether she has a top-down or a bottom-up logic tree, I also can't tell. Also Captain Vanel's introduction makes me think she may be around more often as well! I'm loving the focus this story has on AI freedoms and limitations within SAO, and how fair their scopes of power are! Really it's an adventure and I can't wait to sed where these new pieces go next!!
Strea's priority is keeping the system stable. No more, no less. Whether the actions required to do so "make sense", technically, is not her concern. One thing I've always tried to show with her is that while she is sapient, the way she thinks is Not Human--she and others like her are meant to contrast the much more human-like Kizmel. As you may expect, this is not Strea's last appearance, and her subsequent role will show the distinction even more clearly.
You haven't seen the last of Vanel, either. Though I admit the plot she and Strea were meant to be part of ended up fizzling--I got more ambitious than my writing skills proved able to handle, and didn't realize it until it was too late to provide a truly smooth solution--it did at least go somewhere. And taught me not to plan beyond my means, which was a valuable lesson in itself.
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