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I could [i]definitely[/i] see some kinship there-sounds like both of them would understand the value of restraint-and asking if they should, before asking if they could.

They've both been screwed over by people playing around with advanced technology like a kitten with a ball of string-often in horrific ways. That....that teaches some hard lessons, lessons that cross the species boundary yeah?
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In some ways, possibly. The Simulacrum's origin was undoubtedly farther in the past than your people's ordeal with the AI, and for the Simulacrum it more instilled in them and their descendants an appreciation for individuality and the life of others. Of course, if somebody did begin to go too far than the consequences would be swift and dire. Not to mention the Simulacrum don't really have any sort of AI technology (they have advanced programs, but nothing approaching sentience/sapience and many agree such a thing wouldn't be in their best interest) and genetic manipulation isn't really a thing unless you count cloning and that's primarily because they'd just die out without it.