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[Kagerou rarely uses his video feed if he can help it. But now... he's too angry to bother with altering the automatic setting. So the network is treated to a view of the tall, lanky robot standing on top of some building in Maurtia Falls, wings twitching in agitation.]

[... He probably also needs to rest and refuel but that's not important right now.]

You. All of you human beings -- how can you live with yourselves!

[Oh, well. Someone saw the news, apparently.]

Disgusting. All of you! Why would anyone want to decide to help you? To be a hero for you? If all you do is murder each other...

I want no part of this. No part of any of you.

You can't have built cities in every inch of this world -- I'll find somewhere you aren't.

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[ Have the flattest expression, Kagerou. ]

You are aware that none of us here had anything to do with this? We didn't even know about it. We were fighting for our lives and protecting civilians here, not bombing them elsewhere.

Take your protests to the Americans. These were their actions, which they took while we defended their home on their behalf.

You're human, aren't you? That's awareness enough.

I'm not taking anything anywhere.

And so you hold us to account for the actions of others, just because we’re human?

[ That’s insane. D’Artagnan can’t actually believe he’s hearing it. ]

You realise that’s no better than native people blaming every one of us for the actions of an import criminal. We’re no more to blame for what the Americans did than you are for Lucifer or Crane.

So humans do it too. Blame all for the actions of some.

Why is it you're so angry at me for doing it, then! If your own kind isn't any better!

Because we're not all the same! That's the whole point. You're not responsible for what any other import does.

Nor are we responsible for what the Americans do. I would never support what they did to those people. It's a vile, dishonourable act. It has nothing to do with me.

But they're still human. And so are you.

Or are you going to deny that too?

Of course not!

[ This is ridiculous. It’s also not doing anything to lessen d’Artagnan’s anger. ]

What does that mean? That every human is somehow indirectly responsible for the deeds of another?!

That you can't -- how can you claim every one of the people brought here as yours, if you're human?

Not everyone is!

[ D'Artagnan shakes his head, brow creasing and hands clenching. ]

What are you talking about? You’re the one blaming the Americans’ actions on every one of us.

I blame no one but them.

You said all the people imported here were your own. But you're human.

So how does that work?

I said no such thing. I said that's how the native people see us.

[ Clearly he's not being understood here. He'll try a different approach. ]

Are you to blame when an import goes rogue?

If it's an AI, I probably would be.

Because you would actually do it, or because that's what people would assume?

That's what humans assume.

[ Finally. ]

And does it anger you that they do?

That's a foolish question.

So is blaming all humans for what this government did, but it hasn’t stopped you.

[ D’Artagnan folds his arms. ]

Just answer it. Does it make you angry?

What I said isn't a question.

Fine. Yes. Now make your point.

That you are right to be angry, because it would not be your fault.

Neither is it our fault that the Americans have done what they did. To assume we're all the same because we're human, is no different from assuming that all machines are the same as you. That's my point.

So I'm not allowed to be angry with you?

Not for something in which I had no part! What sort of sense does that make?!

I have the right to be angry at someone, don't I?

Or is that only for human beings?

Everyone has the right to be angry. That’s not the same as blaming those who had no part in any of this.

So I'm supposed to blame people I haven't even seen?

[ His aggravation is rising now. ]

You're supposed to blame the people who actually did it. Is that such a strange concept to you?!

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