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What do you know about irrational pattern functions?
There are many different types of pattern functions. The most basic ones just have a local effect on the world, such as altering their immediate surroundings with some sort of magic. This provides them with the ability to actually affect things in reality and not merely what you might call 'virtual' or 'mental' reality.
Another function is what you might call an 'autonomous' or 'self-aware' pattern function. It possesses sentience and free will, allowing it to make its own choices about what sort of effect to have on the world around it. This type of self-awareness can exist in a wide variety of forms, from actually being aware of oneself as an entity with thoughts and feelings, through merely having some form of generalised awareness that allows it to make decisions that best fit the situation.
The pattern functions that possess any form of self-awareness are all different, and can take many forms. One such type is when the pattern function has been created with a specific purpose or goal in mind, for example as part of some kind of magic ritual. When this happens, it will tend to view its existence as being primarily concerned with achieving whatever goals it was programmed on accomplishing.
If a pattern function is not programmed in this way, it can actually become obsessed with its own existence. It will often have an instinctual urge to seek out and achieve more power, or seek some form of enlightenment.
Other pattern functions are not self-aware at all, and will simply follow a set of instructions in order to achieve the effects that they were programmed with. They do not possess self-awareness or free will in this sense, but can still have their 'programming' modified by external factors.
Like humans, pattern functions can have a wide variety of personalities and mindsets. Some may be prone to anger or jealousy, while others choose to devote their time to more worthy pursuits such as the pursuit of knowledge.