Not at all. It's perfectly safe, if you create them properly.
[The Professor waves off all of this concern dismissively. He's accustomed to people not understanding his work. The only real annoyance is that his Figment is still not following directions. That's what gets him to step out of the flower and approach. He's not preparing for battle, not even donning his helmet - he just moves to grab the Figment by the wrist. If no one intervenes, it allows him; its posture is curled inward, shameful and afraid, and it doesn't say a thing.]
You must understand, this isn't an actual person. It's just a fragment of me that I've been cultivating here. Maintaining a piece of oneself in the Dream Sphere and the Waking World both is the first step. Of course, this one is not perfect, but it should serve... [Inspecting the Figment closely, in a way it does not seem comfortable with.] I'd have to do more testing, but it's probably just a function of how long I've had it. The others shouldn't end up so unruly.
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[The Professor waves off all of this concern dismissively. He's accustomed to people not understanding his work. The only real annoyance is that his Figment is still not following directions. That's what gets him to step out of the flower and approach. He's not preparing for battle, not even donning his helmet - he just moves to grab the Figment by the wrist. If no one intervenes, it allows him; its posture is curled inward, shameful and afraid, and it doesn't say a thing.]
You must understand, this isn't an actual person. It's just a fragment of me that I've been cultivating here. Maintaining a piece of oneself in the Dream Sphere and the Waking World both is the first step. Of course, this one is not perfect, but it should serve... [Inspecting the Figment closely, in a way it does not seem comfortable with.] I'd have to do more testing, but it's probably just a function of how long I've had it. The others shouldn't end up so unruly.