[It was a mistake? It wasn't a mistake that he was used a guinea pig.
His memories were a commodity. Just a means of proof.
It wasn't a mistake that Erika challenged A2 to hack him when she could have just asked for his help. He wanted to help. That's all he wanted to do. But he's been outclassed by a prototype with a bad disposition. What did A2 have that he didn't?]
I'm not an avatar, I'm an android. Is my personal data that meaningless that you thought it wouldn't hurt? I thought humans were...
[Compassionate. Intrinsically good. Better than this.
His voice cracks, and before he realizes it he's almost yelling.]
She could have deleted everything! My memories... My home... Even 2B...
[Erika is crying too, and it rips a hole in his chest, raw and beating. He wishes he had been the one stabbed. He wishes he were bleeding out. It hurts. It hurts... He didn't want to see her hurt either, but he couldn't push aside the boiling froth of emotions stirring inside him. All of this was wrong.
His words were somewhere between bitter and genuinely trying to comfort her.]
This was so damn meaningless, but hey...at least A2 proved she was better than me. Maybe she'll succeed where I couldn't. So...I hope you're happy.
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It wasn't a mistake that he was used a guinea pig.
His memories were a commodity. Just a means of proof.
It wasn't a mistake that Erika challenged A2 to hack him when she could have just asked for his help. He wanted to help. That's all he wanted to do. But he's been outclassed by a prototype with a bad disposition. What did A2 have that he didn't?]
I'm not an avatar, I'm an android. Is my personal data that meaningless that you thought it wouldn't hurt? I thought humans were...
[Compassionate. Intrinsically good. Better than this.
His voice cracks, and before he realizes it he's almost yelling.]
She could have deleted everything! My memories... My home... Even 2B...
[Erika is crying too, and it rips a hole in his chest, raw and beating. He wishes he had been the one stabbed. He wishes he were bleeding out. It hurts. It hurts... He didn't want to see her hurt either, but he couldn't push aside the boiling froth of emotions stirring inside him. All of this was wrong.
His words were somewhere between bitter and genuinely trying to comfort her.]
This was so damn meaningless, but hey...at least A2 proved she was better than me. Maybe she'll succeed where I couldn't. So...I hope you're happy.