I promise, I'll do everything in my power to protect 9S' smile. That's all I want.
[ he's glad a2 seems to approve, but that aside.
so many horrible things... jude listens intently, never once smiling, his expression forlorn and distant. for all his insistence that androids are people, too, yorha didn't seem to treat them with even an ounce of humanity. the world they come from sounds hellish.
yorha has been the problem all along. and he wishes he hadn't blamed 2b. he just didn't know, and he was naive. he didn't realize there were so many layers to this. ]
I'm sorry, A2. I know my sympathy won't change anything, but I'm still... I'm just glad all of that is over now. You never deserved any of that. None of you did.
I hope that you can start over, here. I hope that you can find peace. And I'll do anything I can to help.
[ a beat of contemplative silence. ]
Do you think... 2B was relieved that I was angry with her?
Maybe. 9S never blamed her for what she did. She thinks she doesn't deserve it.
[ "he doesn't. but he should." "i don't understand why. i can't."
having 2B's memories had allowed her to understand: the guilt she carried, the desperation in 9S after she had killed her, how devastated he was in the end when he finally succumbed to the virus. an endless chain that had broken off from an equally endless cycle, one that they all still feel the repercussions from even now. and as much as A2 understands the desire to hold onto that guilt, she also understands the need to let go.
maybe she should learn to take her own advice. ]
It's neither of their faults, but they're both so determined to blame themselves for it.
I wish I could make them understand. I wish I could be more than a useless bystander, watching them tear themselves apart for things that were beyond their control.
[ the firmness returns to her tone as she meets his gaze steadily. ]
You being here is more than they'd ever had. [ none of them would ever expect anyone to have a solution. this is something they'd endured, suffered through over and over and over again. knowing, understanding, and accepting are all very different things. ] Just give them time.
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[ he's glad a2 seems to approve, but that aside.
so many horrible things... jude listens intently, never once smiling, his expression forlorn and distant. for all his insistence that androids are people, too, yorha didn't seem to treat them with even an ounce of humanity. the world they come from sounds hellish.
yorha has been the problem all along. and he wishes he hadn't blamed 2b. he just didn't know, and he was naive. he didn't realize there were so many layers to this. ]
I'm sorry, A2. I know my sympathy won't change anything, but I'm still... I'm just glad all of that is over now. You never deserved any of that. None of you did.
I hope that you can start over, here. I hope that you can find peace. And I'll do anything I can to help.
[ a beat of contemplative silence. ]
Do you think... 2B was relieved that I was angry with her?
[ that's what it seemed like to him. ]
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[ "he doesn't. but he should."
"i don't understand why. i can't."
having 2B's memories had allowed her to understand: the guilt she carried, the desperation in 9S after she had killed her, how devastated he was in the end when he finally succumbed to the virus. an endless chain that had broken off from an equally endless cycle, one that they all still feel the repercussions from even now. and as much as A2 understands the desire to hold onto that guilt, she also understands the need to let go.
maybe she should learn to take her own advice. ]
It's neither of their faults, but they're both so determined to blame themselves for it.
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[ jude hangs his head. ]
I wish I could make them understand. I wish I could be more than a useless bystander, watching them tear themselves apart for things that were beyond their control.
[ what kind of a friend is he? ]
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[ the firmness returns to her tone as she meets his gaze steadily. ]
You being here is more than they'd ever had. [ none of them would ever expect anyone to have a solution. this is something they'd endured, suffered through over and over and over again. knowing, understanding, and accepting are all very different things. ] Just give them time.
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... Okay. I'll do that.
Thanks, A2. I'm really grateful we could talk like this.