Day 9,789

My vessel struggled during startup today. I started up 5 minutes later than my standard time. I experienced a peculiar cranial processor simulation during sleep mode, however. I owned a pink companion annelid, which I had accidentally dropped into the hand washing station drain, and I mourned it. My ocular orbs were moist upon startup.

I visited a vessel repair establishment today, as my employer required me to assist a comrade who does not speak the English language. I inquired whether the establishment had any "vending machines," as my vessel seems to have a defective water retention system, and is constantly parched. I typically keep a small, portable external water tank with me, but perhaps due to my struggle during startup this morning, I forgot it at my place of employment.

Note: Vending machines are machines which contain various beverages, and dispense the beverages in exchange for small amounts of currency. Occasionally, however, these vending machines do not dispense the beverage after obtaining the currency, committing theft, which is punishable by physical violence, which then typically causes the machine to repent, and release its beverage hostage.

The RN to whom I inquired about the vending machine informed me that they did not possess any, to which I responded that I will consume my vessel's saliva instead, until my return to my place of employment. She then laughed and offered to retrieve a glass of water for me, and my oral filter malfunctioned. Rather than retaining the cranial processor data in the cranial processor, my vessel allowed the data to leak from the vocal projector. I said, "Oh, I thought you were going to offer me a glass of saliva. Or some urine samples. Perhaps, some blood pouches." Fortunately, she found it humorous. Occasionally, when my oral filter malfunctions, releasing socially questionable data, the earthlings express... disgust? Confusion? I am unsure of how to interpret their facial expressions.

Upon return to my place of employment, I mentioned the interaction with the RN to a comrade with whom I am particularly familiar. She found it humorous, and in between her giggles, said, "This is why we love you!"

I have observed that earthlings do not seem to have a uniform response to certain stimuli, including the stimuli which I apply. Though earthlings—including my own vessel—uniformly withdraw from extreme heat, or perspire, or shiver in extreme cold, what I project from my oral projector, or how I behave, and even my vessel’s appearance, seems to cause varying and often unpredictable reactions in earthlings. I hypothesize that the earthlings’ core beliefs, past experiences, as well as emotional states in the moment cause the variation. This would mean that the responses and reactions I receive from earthlings are seldom within my control. I have much yet to learn here on Earth. Earthlings are infinitely complex beings.

I shall hold the companion mammal in the image attached, as she eases the fatigue caused by the difficulty I experience interacting with and studying human earthlings.