Voice; December 9th, Evening
[There's the sound of keys on a keyboard for a good half a minute, before Normal Lain speaks, quietly, as if to someone else]
Mankind is a creature that no longer evolves, right?
One theory says that man is a neoteny and is no longer able to evolve. If this is true, then what an absurd creature mankind has evolved into. Not knowing what it is that drives them they keep their bodies merely to satisfy the desires of the flesh.
They're worthless, don't you think?
That's all mankind is.
[A pause and Bold answers, sounding disgusted and mildly angry] Huh, that sounded familiar. Didn't he tell you that? You're sounding a lot like him all of a sudden.
...Sorry. I've been thinking a lot about home--and about him. I don't know why.
He was an idiot. Don't worry about him, Even if we're not home, you made sure he'd never dream of trying to become God again, remember? Our world doesn't need another God, so long as it has us.
[A pause] ...I know. [Then it clicks off]
Mankind is a creature that no longer evolves, right?
One theory says that man is a neoteny and is no longer able to evolve. If this is true, then what an absurd creature mankind has evolved into. Not knowing what it is that drives them they keep their bodies merely to satisfy the desires of the flesh.
They're worthless, don't you think?
That's all mankind is.
[A pause and Bold answers, sounding disgusted and mildly angry] Huh, that sounded familiar. Didn't he tell you that? You're sounding a lot like him all of a sudden.
...Sorry. I've been thinking a lot about home--and about him. I don't know why.
He was an idiot. Don't worry about him, Even if we're not home, you made sure he'd never dream of trying to become God again, remember? Our world doesn't need another God, so long as it has us.
[A pause] ...I know. [Then it clicks off]