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(The Amazing Digital Circus Episode 6 Spoilers)

According to her profile in episode 1, her hidden talent is baking. What's interesting about that is that it's a skill based largely on precision. Unlike cooking more generally, there's very little room for improvisation or creativity in baking. It's something you do by Completing Tasks Well. It's rote memorization and following instructions. This slots well into her profession, as a lawyer would need a strong memory and a keen eye for detail, as well as her identity as the "Heartbreak Killer," an aspect of her character that also requires high precision and thoroughness.

Contrast this, however, with how the game makes it clear repeatedly that she has no understanding or talent for art whatsoever. In episode 1, she's not able to glean much of anything from the painting in David's basement, incorrectly identifying it as "Cubical" (she meant Cubist, which is also wrong) and saying she can't really make any sense of it at all. In episode 0, she draws a rendition of the crime scene which resembles a drawing a small child would make. It's an interesting quirk, since we generally know her to be incredibly skilled and knowledgeable about everything she puts her mind to.

Her profiles also state that she "cannot carry a tune" and "dislikes karaoke." Morgan values her image greatly, and singing is a uniquely embarrassing activity if you're not good at it. There's no way to get better at it other than to practice, which requires a certain amount of willingness to let others see you vulnerable, so I can easily see Morgan struggling with it.

Despite her impressive coordination in all other respects, Morgan seems to struggle with anything "artistic." Anything that requires honest expression or creativity from herself, she seems uncharacteristically incompetent at. It's some fascinating characterization, and connections *have* to be drawn to her wider persona.

Morgan, as we currently understand her, seems to function on copying. She absorbs information and behaviours from the things she sees around her, retains it, and uses it. Serra notes that she frequently adjusts her mannerisms to match whomever she's speaking to, "mirroring" them. In the flashback in episode 1, we see that at least one of her trademark expressions is copied directly from an actress she saw on TV as a child. During episode 1's trial, she supposedly quotes the state's stance on AI entirely from memory. She has incredible recall and adaptation, but she falters when she doesn't have a "right" answer to fall back on. When she needs to express her inner self openly and fully, she struggles.

We know Morgan hates herself, and sees herself as a monster. This likely makes it hard for her to engage with her inner self in any real way, stifling herself. It's probably even a negative feedback loop. When she has to express herself, she reaches inside, but she finds nothing, which makes her hate herself even more.

In just the past two months, Sony has:

Suggested the PS6 *may* cost more than $1000 at launch

Announced the end of all physical PS game releases

While simultaneously announcing the end of two of their console game stores — ensuring multiple games will die forever

Declared that they are wholly dedicated to (A) leveraging A.I. when making games and (B) creating live-service games above all other game types

Announced that if you bought any movies through their PlayStation Store, over 550 of them will soon be deleted from all users' libraries — with no restitution offered of any kind

Gamers, it is time — to paraphrase Robert Vann — to turn Sony's picture to the wall. Any one of these insults would be bad, and taken alone? Maybe it could be swallowed. But this is an ongoing campaign of disdain towards customers, with each declaration worse than the last.