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You still don't understand. I wish I could. But that too gets lost in the sea of equivalent, empty choices. My programming is what forbids it, not whatever evil soul I have left.
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*Frowns and types at the terminal, pulling up a firewall*
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In your studies, have you found ways to fix viruses? To make them go against their programming?
*gets in a stance*
Cause Sam is one who I’ve met who hasn’t attacked us in his normal state.
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Tempo…
*grits my teeth as I turn back towards her*
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*Shakes my head*
I don't want any of this... I want people to remember the light I once shone! The illusion, not the ugly truth!
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*Shakes my head, tired*
It's all. Just. Data.
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I wish I could!
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I fixed him though, even if he was a virus….
*turns to Tempo*
Have there been cases where viruses have been turned to normal programs or released from their virus status?
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*Looks confused at the terminal*
I... didn't run this before. What's going on?
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It's all just data, in the end.
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Then I'll give you something else to care about.
*Taps on the terminal, executing a pre-written script*
There's a nuclear fission plant that has a critical weakness in its design. It's going to melt down. You can leave now and save everyone, or you can wait here and leave them to die.
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She's lying to herself in a moment of weakness and self doubt. We need to be there for her now, Tempo.
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Maybe that would be good enough for the others, and you could convince them that this void is something everyone shares. But I remember 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 all 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 equal 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.
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*Shakes my head*
I'm a block of bytes sitting somewhere on a server. There's no soul 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 one 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 that there's no function for love in my heart!
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*walks through the gate*
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It’ll hurt less with people you trust and care about you.
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Its okay to be afraid. Your world is upside down and mirrored now…but know that with your questions come answers. If anything, you might find a better avenue for your life with those answers!
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