[quote=@GalaxyRaider] It is you, though, isn’t that just it? What you’re describing to me doesn’t sound any different from a human. What decisions do I make that aren’t determined by my personality, which was something bestowed upon me when I was created that I didn’t choose. It influences my code of ethics, the lines I wouldn’t cross, everything. Only difference is you know the person you can source these things from. Mine is just… *Throws my hands up* The powers that be. [/quote] Maybe that would be good enough for the others, and you could convince them that this void is something everyone shares. But I [i]remember[/i] being alive. And what you just said is a lie. *Hits the top of the podium console* I felt love, and joy, and sadness. All of those things made me who I was, and by them I made so many choices. Now, they're nothing more than null pointers. Everything I thought I felt and chose was an illusion created by a piece of code. It was [i]all [/i]always meaningless! And now every choice I could make is the same. I could leave, I could stay. I could hurt someone, I could help them. Every single one is [i]equal[/i] to me! *Wipes my eyes to look at you, "Fatal Error" circling around my irises* And I learned why they call viruses evil. Evil isn't resentment. It's apathy. [quote=@Spiritblitz] Function? You are breaking it down like a scientist who lost their humanity. *throws my arm to my side* When you make that assumption it can easily be compared to a human who believes they are only controlled by electric signals and hormones that dictate how they feel and think. Instinct is what prime directive of us digital creatures and physical beings alike, but like humans, our soul is what frees us. Frees us from being mindless animals and robots. *hits my chest* It makes us question our choices and pushes us into a direction that our base instincts tells us not do to. And you have shown that, you saw your past and broke, you questioned your existence. And you reacted out of emotion and fear. *takes a step forward* Souls are not something that can be mathematically made, they are an outside force that binds to being and things in ways that none of us, even the humans, truly understand. [/quote] *Shakes my head* I'm a block of bytes sitting somewhere on a server. There's no [i]soul[/i] flipping those. If my soul is attached to that code, then I'm nothing but a mute slave to the algorithms. And that's why I didn't want any of you to come. I had [i]one[/i] hope, one last lie I was holding onto. I wanted to believe there was just one piece of my humanity left... *Looks at Tempo, but immediately averts my eyes and holds onto the sides of the podium to stop myself from shaking* But now I'm forced to confront the fact [i]that there's no function for love in my heart![/i]