i saw a portrait on his monitor and thought it was a photograph of my sister. the hair, the eyes, the smile, and even the little necklace looked familiar. then the image blinked and started speaking
he admitted he'd used family photos as visual references for his companion. he said it wasn't supposed to be my sister, only an idealized character inspired by a look he liked
i explained that using my sister's images for a romantic character without her permission was crossing a boundary i couldn't ignore. he said the generation was private. i told him private didn't make it respectful
he deleted the character and agreed not to use anyone we knew as an unwitting reference. i still needed time before i could stop thinking about how casually he'd dismissed the problem