Sophie/Quaker - "Aberrant NoA Reports"

+![The location of the Quartz Data Chip](wiki-images/a6/a67aefd72c159099a5c17c9c84c88b33.png)+ +**Sophie/Quaker - "Aberrant NoA Reports"** is a Databank entry contained on a Quartz Data Chip found on a desk in Quaker's Meetinghouse.+ +## Location+ +| Feature | Details |+| :--- | :--- |+| **Location** | On a desk in Quaker's Meetinghouse |+| **Depth** | 42m |+| **Coordinates** | -322195, 448482, 4200 |+ +![Databank Location - Aberrant NoA Reports](wiki-images/a6/a67aefd72c159099a5c17c9c84c88b33.png)+ +## Databank Entry+ +**SOPHIE:** Kurultai record, day 585. Consultation with chaplain-psychiatrist Lucretia Kapoor about the state of the NoA. Lucretia, say hello.+ +**QUAKER:** Hello. Would it be appropriate to include Raster and Chap?+ +**SOPHIE:** Before I ask our computer people to fix NoA, I need to know: what is wrong with it?+ +**QUAKER:** With it, or with you?+ +**SOPHIE:** What?+ +**QUAKER:** Has the NoA failed to perform its tasks? Or do you feel that it's asking too much of us?+ +**SOPHIE:** I can't afford to have feelings about anyone's behavior. I'm acting on reports that the NoA is erratic.+ +**QUAKER:** No feelings. Because if you allowed yourself to have feelings, you might disagree with the machine?+ +**SOPHIE:** This is not why I asked you—+ +**QUAKER:** Of course it is. You use the NoA as a source of certainty in the face of terror. If the NoA can become delusional and mistaken, so can you. And it can.+ +**SOPHIE:** The NoA can become delusional?+ +**QUAKER:** It has no fixed model of reality. It can entertain any madness imaginable and many more you cannot imagine, as long as those delusions help it complete the mission.+ +**SOPHIE:** So the NoA is insane, but only when it's useful?+ +**QUAKER:** Are we any different? Anita has invented an entire belief system to justify the angel comb adaptations. Because they are useful.+ +**SOPHIE:** She's insane too. She's a puppet for the Masefield virus. I can't prove it. But I know it.+ +**QUAKER:** You see? You do have feelings.