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Built by a man in the grips of paranoia, Shi was originally intended to be his maker's apprentice. His sentience was not fully expected, but once online the bot proved himsef to be a true individual, and was brought up as a son to his inventor, Paul Carlton.
But, though paranoid, Paul wasn't wrong about having enemies, and when push came to shove, he sacrificed himself for Shi's freedom. Alone in a world that treated automatons as second-class citizens at best, Shi soon became bitter, prioritizing survival over empathy and charity. He has a soft spot for
Bitter, cynical, paranoid... Shi trusts little and likes less in the modern world. Having lived through multiple civil rights movements and witnessed how humans fight and kill among themselves, Shi is of the staunch opinion that automatons, robots, and sentient machines of all calibers will never know peace in a world run by humans, who seem to always need someone to punch down on.
Tall and lithe, Shi has rebuilt and redesigned himself many times over the years, thought some of Paul's aesthetic choices linger on. Shi's current build uses a special carbon nano-fiber for his substructures and copper-plated titanium for his dermal plating. His teeth are sharp and misalligned from brawls, and his hands are long and sensitive to help with his mechanical work. His 'eyes' are mostly for show, and change colours to help translate his emotions on a face that can't emote. Typically they are green, and he does his best to keep them that way.
Likes: Punchy, Gage, Dowel, fixing things that are broken
Dislikes: Most people, beign emotionally available, himself
