> "... I suplexed a dolphin underwater. I suplexed a walked nuclear reactor. I just suplexed a giant fish tank. Do you still wish to continue this course of action?"
>"And yet my worm apparently invoked a little bit of conscience in you. You aren't as sure about your Mother as you were before, are you?"
That's not fair. She can't use that as an excuse. They got into your head, didn't they? It's not fair that she claim that to be 'conscience', because she forced it on you!
>"I've only been 'alive' for what, a day now? Of course I was going to listen to Mother. But now... I think I'm growing away from her. I know now that some of the things she did was wrong, and I want to fix that."
Kawashiro runs a hand through her hair. She sighs. This has all been one long, difficult experience for her.
"Even that's more than she deserves. This woman just asked you to kill a youkai in cold blood, and you did it. How can you still give a damn about her?"
>"Rou-tan is sure Mommy was just having a bad day ~myu♥."
>"Mommy is perfect after all ~myu♥"
>She is perfect, right? She does have her reasons for everything, right?
>Look conflicted.
>Ask to noone in particular.
>"Hey, mommy couldn't ever be wrong, right?"
>"Right?"
>Nitori nods. Your programming is a little bugged right now. It's time to drop the bombshell.
"...Let me put it this way, tin can. That worm wasn't designed to give you emotions. It was to let you get hold of the ones you already had."
She sees the remote from Mother, still in your hand. In particular, her eyes fall on the UNLOCK button.
"I know Asakura. I know she probably told you you were some ingenius, revolutionary robot, and you are. But she's also not dumb enough to take any risks with free will and all that. She's set up locks in your brain, forced you to obey her rather than think for yourself. She's kept you out of any information that would risk incriminating her, hasn't she?"
Come to think of it, all the times you tried to access the history Mother had with Current Dolphin, you couldn't get anything, could you? And guilt - along with all those other emotions - never came when it was really supposed to emerge. You did things that you now think may have been horrible, and didn't give a damn.
"I'm not gonna say I know for sure what that button does. But I can definitely hazard a guess. Your call, but I'm not comfortable with you leaving unless you at least give it a try."
(Following Sect's.)
>"Out of the way. Stay out of our way and we'll stay out of yours. For now."
>"Like hell I'm letting Asakura out again. That's the second time she's polluted our lakes with her illegal research, and third time is NOT a charm. You want out of here, you go through me. In fact, where are you even gonna run to?"
