okay im commenting to fulfill my totally legally binding contractual obligation before replaying.
1. I think if I had a better idea of the flow of the story or just what to expect I think my decisions might have been influenced more, but I think mostly I just thought more about how I wanted my version of SAL to think/act knowing that I couldn't go back and decide again, not necessarily that I would've decided differently if I had been able to, just that I put more thought into it before deciding.
2. As for genders, I thought of Ash as something androgynous, while SAL was I guess agender? or otherwise without any substantial femininity or masculinity. I didn't have much of an image in mind for Ash, but I guess I thought of SAL as being essentially a desktop computer with some extra accessories and such.
3. The only decision my brain has allowed me to remember definitively is of SAL believing they cannot genuinely love Ash, and the game ended with the two deciding to take some time to think more about the matter and talk more tomorrow.
4. I think the only 'dislike' I could put into words would be the brevity of the story. On the other hand, I enjoyed being made to think about how I might behave as a computer program just beginning to tackle the idea of experiencing emotions. Overall I really liked the game, hence why I wish it were longer.
5. I guess I was a little disappointed at how short it was. Sort of bleeds over into a response to #6, but I did want to see the relationship develop and I guess I wanted to see SAL come to believe that it could experience emotions. So having the story end so abruptly and quickly was disappointing, but I think that's really only because it made me think so much.
6. As I mentioned above, I definitely would like to see these characters again, and I would love to see a SAL that I guess can recognize its own emotions. To me I think the very fact that SAL doesn't want to lose Ash is indicative of emotion in and of itself, and I'd love to see that realization.
7. I think SAL would continue to be resistant to the idea that it experiences emotions, that it could truly love Ash, but I'd like to think that it would eventually come to understand otherwise. My brain has conjured a lovely image of a robotic body for SAL going for a walk with Ash and they're holding hands so that would be fun as well :3
8. I don't think I have any further comments