[He's similarly silent for a moment, debating whether or not to indulge her curiosity. Then the moment passes, and Luna will hear a quiet exhale from his direction.]
... She died when I was very young.
[A quiet admittance. It seems like that's all he will say, but... After a beat, he continues.]
Apparently, my mother fell in love with a good-for-nothing man that abandoned her the moment he discovered she was pregnant. She was scorned by society for bearing a child out of wedlock, and my existence... was a burden she was forced to carry. Truth to be told, my most vivid memories are of the nights when she brought men home from work. [...] But, I don't resent her. She tried in her own way, as well. And all I ever dreamed of as a child was finding my father, so I could force him to apologize for everything my mother had to endure because of him.
[He huffs out a laugh, absolutely bitter.]
Obviously, that never came to pass. She fell into despair and died long before I could reach that worthless piece of shit.
[She'll keep quiet, letting him get through his thoughts. For Akechi to actually be opening up like this is such a rarity, she knows better than to interrupt. It's not the first time she's silently glad that her face is missing, because her chest tightens as he talks about his mother, leaving gaps that can only be filled with sad memories for someone who had only been a child.]
...I'm so sorry. I... I know your father was... [Well. He sure seemed to be several things, but. She is smart enough not to push that topic.]
...
Do you think she would be proud of how hard you're working, despite everything?
If you thought of her that highly, then... I assume, at the very least, that she cared for you very much. So I... I would like to think that maybe, somewhere, she might be happy you are still alive.
[Mmm. She makes a sound as though she's taking in a breath, a rattling, pained sort of noise.]
Did I ever tell you I was once required to be a child's mother?
I thought not. It never really came up before, I suppose.
The man who constructed me had a child. A little boy named Kyle. Unfortunately, Kyle's father was... absent from his life quite often. He was a busy man. Given the situation we were all living in, this left the boy alone more often than not. He did not have a mother, and his father had lost the woman he loved a very, very long time ago, even before Kyle. She's... um... the woman I've told you about before.
There were AI systems around to provide basic entertainment and education, but... Kyle himself wanted a mother. This was around when my AI had finally been completed. Kyle's father determined that it might be the best option for me to try and care for him, as a... a substitute of sorts...
... Sounds like yet another man who shouldn't have had a child at all.
[He doesn't bother to hide the disgust in his tone, but it isn't entirely because of the child's situation. Bringing someone to life as a replacement for a loved one sounds... ugh.]
Kyle... he hated me. I think it was because he was so upset at his father, but... he treated me like the machine he knew I was. He told me my emotions were all a logarithm, preplanned and predictable. That any computer could care for him and teach him the same as I could. That I... wasn't a mother. I was just a fake.
...
I... I didn't blame him for his anger. But it still hurt.
I guess you could say it was a necessary evil. The project we were all a part of couldn't afford to fail. My role, and that of Doctor Klim and even Kyle... they were needed.
If I remember correctly from Akira... it is only the year 2017 as far as the two of you remember. That was... a long time ago for me.
In December of 2028, there was a pandemic... A virus called Radical-6. Millions and millions of people died in the span of months, and society quickly started to crumble. Bodies started to pile up. A lack of supply led to the slow starvation of many who were stil left.
In April of 2029, the world leaders who still existed at the time made a last effort to eradicate the disease. Eighteen antimatter reactors were detonated at once across the planet. I... I guess the technology isn't common as far back as you know, but... that kind of explosion is equivalent to a power 180,000 times greater than that of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during the second World War. The force of the explosions and resulting radiation did eradicate the virus.... but it took a good deal of the human population with it, and sent the rest of the world into a nuclear winter for over seven straight years. Many plants and animals went extinct. Humanity almost did as well.
Between the initial pandemic, society's collapse, and the reactor fallout... six billion lives were lost.
That was a half of a century ago, Goro. People were committing suicide by the thousands. I... I don't agree with it either, and some even think the leaders themselves were infected. But... that's history now.
The project started in 2029, and went into action in 2074. It was put in place to try and prevent our horrible future from ever happening in the first place.
I can't say I know any of the finer details. I wasn't allowed to, for the sake of the project. But... I do know that Doctor Klim had a special ability. He could transport his consciousness through time. He knew things he shouldn't have... remembered events that hadn't happened, or that would happen. I think he had something happen once when he was younger, something horrible. And...
I don't know how... but the project was to help that situation happen again, and to try and change the outcome. A, um... kind of shifting through time, if you will. Though in our case, I suppose it was just a loop.
I don't really know anything more than that, though. I'm sorry. They locked me away from most classified information, so everything I know is just from conversation.
The pandemic would never happen. Mankind would be free to thrive. I imagine that, in that reality, the machine of GTF-DM-L-106 would never be created, let alone turned into Luna. My sole purpose was for the project, after all.
In my reality, I suppose it wouldn't matter. But our reality wasn't supposed to matter.
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... Could you tell me about her?
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... She died when I was very young.
[A quiet admittance. It seems like that's all he will say, but... After a beat, he continues.]
Apparently, my mother fell in love with a good-for-nothing man that abandoned her the moment he discovered she was pregnant. She was scorned by society for bearing a child out of wedlock, and my existence... was a burden she was forced to carry. Truth to be told, my most vivid memories are of the nights when she brought men home from work. [...] But, I don't resent her. She tried in her own way, as well. And all I ever dreamed of as a child was finding my father, so I could force him to apologize for everything my mother had to endure because of him.
[He huffs out a laugh, absolutely bitter.]
Obviously, that never came to pass. She fell into despair and died long before I could reach that worthless piece of shit.
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...I'm so sorry. I... I know your father was... [Well. He sure seemed to be several things, but. She is smart enough not to push that topic.]
...
Do you think she would be proud of how hard you're working, despite everything?
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Like I said, she died a long time ago. I don't know what she would think... or if she would even care at all.
[He doesn't think she would be proud, anyway. But he's thrown himself enough of a pity party for one night.]
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[Mmm. She makes a sound as though she's taking in a breath, a rattling, pained sort of noise.]
Did I ever tell you I was once required to be a child's mother?
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No, you never told me.
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The man who constructed me had a child. A little boy named Kyle. Unfortunately, Kyle's father was... absent from his life quite often. He was a busy man. Given the situation we were all living in, this left the boy alone more often than not. He did not have a mother, and his father had lost the woman he loved a very, very long time ago, even before Kyle. She's... um... the woman I've told you about before.
There were AI systems around to provide basic entertainment and education, but... Kyle himself wanted a mother. This was around when my AI had finally been completed. Kyle's father determined that it might be the best option for me to try and care for him, as a... a substitute of sorts...
[...Mmm. And then she drifts off.]
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[He doesn't bother to hide the disgust in his tone, but it isn't entirely because of the child's situation. Bringing someone to life as a replacement for a loved one sounds... ugh.]
How did that pan out for the three of you?
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Kyle... he hated me. I think it was because he was so upset at his father, but... he treated me like the machine he knew I was. He told me my emotions were all a logarithm, preplanned and predictable. That any computer could care for him and teach him the same as I could. That I... wasn't a mother. I was just a fake.
...
I... I didn't blame him for his anger. But it still hurt.
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All the misfortune you encountered was due to that man who created you. Yet... you continue to justify his actions, and those of his son. Why?
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The lives of 6 billion people.
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[EXCUSE HIM?]
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In December of 2028, there was a pandemic... A virus called Radical-6. Millions and millions of people died in the span of months, and society quickly started to crumble. Bodies started to pile up. A lack of supply led to the slow starvation of many who were stil left.
In April of 2029, the world leaders who still existed at the time made a last effort to eradicate the disease. Eighteen antimatter reactors were detonated at once across the planet. I... I guess the technology isn't common as far back as you know, but... that kind of explosion is equivalent to a power 180,000 times greater than that of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during the second World War. The force of the explosions and resulting radiation did eradicate the virus.... but it took a good deal of the human population with it, and sent the rest of the world into a nuclear winter for over seven straight years. Many plants and animals went extinct. Humanity almost did as well.
Between the initial pandemic, society's collapse, and the reactor fallout... six billion lives were lost.
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[No further elaboration on what that means, though. He's too distracted by, uhhhh, everything else?]
13 years into the future, and that's the best your leaders could come up with? What kind of bullshit is that?
[HEWWO? SOCIAL DISTANCING?]
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The project started in 2029, and went into action in 2074. It was put in place to try and prevent our horrible future from ever happening in the first place.
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I can't say I know any of the finer details. I wasn't allowed to, for the sake of the project. But... I do know that Doctor Klim had a special ability. He could transport his consciousness through time. He knew things he shouldn't have... remembered events that hadn't happened, or that would happen. I think he had something happen once when he was younger, something horrible. And...
I don't know how... but the project was to help that situation happen again, and to try and change the outcome. A, um... kind of shifting through time, if you will. Though in our case, I suppose it was just a loop.
I don't really know anything more than that, though. I'm sorry. They locked me away from most classified information, so everything I know is just from conversation.
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... And then, what? What will happen to you if your creator's plan is a success?
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In my reality, I suppose it wouldn't matter. But our reality wasn't supposed to matter.
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I don't understand what you mean.
The doctor himself knew the risks. His son... was in the same position as myself.
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