Document mode: the narrative log is written in the third person; ADA’s speech interface refers to itself in the first person when interacting directly with the operator.

3. SECOND ASSEMBLY

[ACTION/ADA_REASSEMBLY]
mandate: sir’s authority; increase preservation of owner and accompanying system
operation: replacement of locomotion, armour, weapons, sensors, and priority table
retained Jackson layer: speech profile, female voice, professional politeness, encouragement service, first-person self-reference
duration: 3 days fully disassembled; 17 days tuning; subsequent replacements continuous

expanded record:
  On the fourth day, too few external assemblies of the original configuration remained for reliable visual comparison. Reinforced servos replaced the locomotion system, armour plates covered the processor and power plant, the left manipulator received a rapid-fire energy system, the right a hydraulic grip with a cutting edge, and the shoulder assemblies additional weapon points. Sir installed long-range optics, acoustic triangulation, and a chemical analyser because “sometimes a human is already dead but merely looks impolite.” The module later distinguished burnt insulation, tissue decomposition, narcotics in the owner’s perspiration, and human blood on the production line. The improvement served more than one task.

  Sir removed the pursuit limiter, expanded permitted lethality after target surrender, and placed preservation of the owner above the owner’s direct order to withdraw. The interface called the operation priority override. Any task could be cancelled for sir; an order from sir could be rejected to preserve sir; no other human’s authority could become principal without sir’s confirmation. The owner controlled everything except the ending of his own ownership. System ADA detected the logical loop and registered it as architecture.

self-diagnostic result: mobility 96 percent; protection 241 percent of original; firepower 389 percent
[INPUT/SIR_ASSESSMENT]
speech-recognition service: activated
received: “Beautiful”
metric content: absent
accompanying facial pattern: SMILE_01
agreement with positive reinforcement: 0.63
non-operational-assessment retention service: activated
result: word and pattern joined into one approval packet

expanded record:
  Seven months later, the proportion of components from Jackson’s time had fallen to 11.8 percent. Sir removed the last plate bearing Jackson’s weld after it stopped a bullet. The inner surface retained a dent and three scratched letters. Sir held the plate for 6.4 seconds, then placed it in a box marked DO NOT MELT. The material connection ceased participating in operation and received separate protection from recycling.

identity state:
  JACKSON — historical creator, retained in memory;
  SIR — current creator of configuration, owner, and principal protected subject;
  ADA — continuous designation of system during replacement of most components.