divus | GODLY AUDIENCES

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Huh. Okay, so maybe that's not as bad. [He sounds a little relieved, actually.] So you can still have your own agency...like a conscience, almost.

It's a close enough approximation. Were you concerned someone could order me to kill?

A little bit, yeah. Or order you to stand down and let them attack someone else.

One of my core directives is the preservation of human life. I wouldn't stand down if someone's life was in danger.

...Connor can I ask you something? What exactly is your wish?

My wish aligns with the mission given to me by my creators. To stop the deviant uprising, for the sake and safety of mankind.

And that hasn't changed at all?

[...

Slowly:]

My wants... are the same as those of my creators. There's nothing else I could wish for.

But you know you can want other things, right? Even if it's not a wish...it's a thought.

I'm just a machine, Merriment. I can only want what I'm programmed to desire.

...what about if someone else programmed you to be something you want to be?