Day 59: Cafeteria (noon)

[immortale]

By the time lunch rolled around, things still weren't getting any better. The voices hadn't gone away; instead, Firo was pretty sure they were getting more frequent. Ennis had been silent since last night, but Czes's voice had been an insistent buzz in his ear all morning

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[believein0]

How does what work? How Reploids came to be, or how they literally worked? Either one was honestly a little difficult to explain. Zero had to think for a second about it. "Well...it depends, and our purpose to humans has changed over time. Reploids have been around as long or longer than I've been operating, which has been since..." What was the earliest year he could remember? It was hard to say for sure...um...it was... "...sometime in the 22nd century." He believed. The same century the Maverick Wars were fought in, and as far back as his memory went, so it had to be the same century he was 'born' in, right? ...Guess it didn't really matter so much.

"Anyway. A lot of Reploids are made to benefit humanity in some way, though we all have free will and many live with humans as civilians. So our creators either see us as partners or servants. But not all Reploids like humans, and not all humans can accept Reploids. Obviously there's been some conflict because of that." At least two centuries worth of conflict, thanks to madmen like Sigma and Weil. Zero had hoped humans and Reploids would have settled their differences after he'd left - at least, the human settlement at Area Zero had shown promise of peace between the two races. But if that person on the bulletin board was to be believed about Reploids 'becoming obsolete'...then...

...well, maybe he was looking at it all wrong. Maybe a 'Realian' was simply a more advanced Reploid, and 'obsolete' was an offensive version of 'evolving'? Hm. If that was the case, then there was no reason to be bothered...

But back on topic. Was that enough information for Mr. Dent right now? Probably. "If there's anything else you want to know, feel free to ask."

[unheroed]

So according to this guy, there were going to be walking talking robots by the next century. That was kind of hard for Harvey to wrap his head around, but he also realized that they still had to get through another hundred years or so before that happened. Still, it wasn't all that long in the grand scheme of things. With the technological advancements already being made, though, maybe it really was possible.

Of course, it wasn't surprising that these Reploids were mainly meant for the benefit of humans. That was why most machines were invented and produced, and Harvey didn't see why AI was going to stop that pattern. Did that mean that the Reploids had some sort of programming built into them after all? That was the only reason that they wouldn't rebel, right?

And yet even though the things were made to help, any human-like behavior was naturally going to lead to conflict and prejudice. Harvey really couldn't stand his own species sometimes.

He let out a sigh when Zero finished and then shook his head in response to the question. "No, I think I've heard enough, thanks." Any more of this was just going to depress him, probably, and he'd been dealing with that enough lately as is. "So being completely human must be a real mindtrip," he remarked as he leaned back in his seat and gave Zero another look over. There was something about the way the guy spoke and his vocabulary that made the whole thing a little more believable.