X07 | Text | UN: D33

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What is your life's greatest regret?

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What, then, are the consequences to your failure of this task?

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Unclear. I've only realized how futile my efforts were since I've been here.

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Are there others here from your world?

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None that I know of, but I dont know many people back home.

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Are those that imposed that purpose upon you present? Do you know?

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No. I know that they're not.

[ Every day, he searches the directory of imPorts for Martha's and her daughter's names. ]

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Then, I suppose the consequences would be minimal at best in this world.

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The consequences are largely self imposed, so they're minimal in either world.

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Then perhaps you should not concern yourself so much with your intended purpose.

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Easier said than done, for me.

[ Programming is stubborn. ]

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Why is that, exactly?

[Not that he doesn't relate.]

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I'm very... stuck in my ways.

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[Again, he can relate.]

That, I suppose I can understand.

If you were trained to carry out a specific purpose, I suppose it can be rather difficult to break or stray from such training.

Is that the case with you, then?

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Less "trained" and more "programmed," but yes. It amounts to pretty much the same thing.

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"Programmed"?

Are you some sort of machine, then? A robot, perhaps?

[He's gotten pretty used to this sort of thing by now.]

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Yes. An android, specifically.

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I'm afraid I'm not quite familiar with the difference between the two.

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A robot looks like a machine; they're metal, usually, or plastic. An android is made to look human.

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I see.

Was it a human that you were made to replace, then?

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Exactly. I was made in his image... Literally.

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[He almost says "I see" again, but...truthfully, he can't even really begin to comprehend such a thing. Someone created to take the place of someone else? That hardly seems to make any sense to him at all.]

I'm afraid that I find that quite a bit difficult to wrap my head around, if I am to be honest with you.

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That's alright. That's about the reaction I expect.

[ He knows what to do with this sort of reaction than he does when people think him being an android is "cool." ]

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Why were you meant to take the place of this person, if I might ask?

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It's a part of this service, which is meant to help a person's grieving loved ones after they've died.

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[...what the fuck?]

You replace someone after they've died in order to comfort their companions?

That hardly seems like it would be effective.