Those parentheses around the 'p' suggest that a list is being converted to a string on the AI2 side.
What do the Ai2 tool tips say about what is expected to go into the Values socket where you transmit 'popo' ?
The name Values is plural, suggesting it wants a list.
Does it expect a list?
What happens if you instead supply
make a list('popo') for Values ?
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