Aware
Aware adjective - Having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind.
Usage example: as she was being wheeled out of surgery, she became dimly aware that her parents were in the room
Nearby Word: awareness
Mindless
Mindless adjective - Not mindful or attentive.
Both words in one sentence
- In World of Warcraft, while most of the Scourge are mindless corpses, some of the more aware members feel like this.
Source: Forced into Evil -
Most Necrons are "fortunately" mindless and probably not aware of their situation, but Necron Lords most definitely are.
Source: And I Must Scream - This isn't just a godlike AI keeping mindless kamikaze mouse bots subservient, but other sapient machines under its thumb, sometimes outright stopping them from becoming self aware.
Source: Robots Enslaving Robots
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