[Quietly. Maybe, just maybe, he hates someone out there a little more.]
Does it matter? You're the only "Luna" the guests of this party know. [... The only one he knows, and the only one Phoenix knew.] Even the man in your memory didn't seem to care about what you are, and what you're not.
[Her words catch with the name on her lips. But, no... if she was demanding from him, she might as well lead by example.]
The Sigma you saw wasn't the one I knew. The body was, yes, but...
The boy met the toy bird first in the story for a reason... even if the boy himself crafted the very same toy later. The Sigma I knew... he had already met me, had met my original human counterpart... lost that human counterpart, and spent 25 years making me in her likeness... just so he would meet me in the past, and so he could instruct me in the future.
[Ah. Time fuckery. He did not care to hear from you again.
For what it's worth, Akechi listens to her. He doesn't interrupt her, or walk away from the conversation. He even waits a few seconds before he speaks again, succinct.]
I don't know how else to answer. I... don't know if it matters. That's a subjective response. [Ethics and robots don't mix well in a school of philosophy, Akechi. To explain how she is or isn't alive... it's not a conversation she wants to have again.]
But I... I told you... I don't want to throw myself away. Even if I have to die, I... I don't want it to be pointless.
...
[Her voice softens.]
If this isn't about you trusting what I say, then... why do you still look at me like that? What am I supposed to do to help you if your words say one thing and your actions another?
It's not subjective, Luna. It simply doesn't matter.
[...
Back to that again...]
I don't need your help. I don't need anyone's help. [While Luna's voice softens, Akechi's own just goes cold.] What I need is for you to work with me. We have come to far to screw it all up.
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I see.
[Quietly. Maybe, just maybe, he hates someone out there a little more.]
Does it matter? You're the only "Luna" the guests of this party know. [... The only one he knows, and the only one Phoenix knew.] Even the man in your memory didn't seem to care about what you are, and what you're not.
SPOILERS FOR ANDIE RIP
[Her words catch with the name on her lips. But, no... if she was demanding from him, she might as well lead by example.]
The Sigma you saw wasn't the one I knew. The body was, yes, but...
The boy met the toy bird first in the story for a reason... even if the boy himself crafted the very same toy later. The Sigma I knew... he had already met me, had met my original human counterpart... lost that human counterpart, and spent 25 years making me in her likeness... just so he would meet me in the past, and so he could instruct me in the future.
ANDIE AVERT THY EYES
For what it's worth, Akechi listens to her. He doesn't interrupt her, or walk away from the conversation. He even waits a few seconds before he speaks again, succinct.]
That isn't an answer to my question.
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But I... I told you... I don't want to throw myself away. Even if I have to die, I... I don't want it to be pointless.
...
[Her voice softens.]
If this isn't about you trusting what I say, then... why do you still look at me like that? What am I supposed to do to help you if your words say one thing and your actions another?
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[...
Back to that again...]
I don't need your help. I don't need anyone's help. [While Luna's voice softens, Akechi's own just goes cold.] What I need is for you to work with me. We have come to far to screw it all up.
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Why can't they be the same thing? Doing everything on your own is... it's too impossible of a task to ask of yourself...
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I have always worked alone. Our arrangement is temporary.