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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:00 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:51 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:41 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:49 am
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Christian's talk of love and hate struck a chord in the machine.
"Christian, I do not know what it is that you have been through during your time at Daedalus. From what little memory I was able to get from the girl, I can see that you are very intelligent and that you love your mother enough to kill for her. These are two qualities that I have never seen in a boy your age. While admirable to a point, it also explains vast hubris."
"You may have been subjected to unthinkable tortures and procedures while at Daedalus. You may have seen things done to other metahumans and people that would cause a normal child to become mute. However, do not believe for a moment that these qualify you in being able to know everything about the few people you have encountered in the last few days."
The machine finished it's task and turned to face the boy. It held a cable that resembled the ones used in the film "The Matrix." As Trinity completed her task, the machine said what it had to say to Christian.
"Your mother is also using Shane as a crutch. The moment Shane dies, she is planning on leaving you here at Valhalla with us while she gives into her vengeful desires and hunts down Daedalus. That is why I currently have her under observation. She believes she is headed down the same path of gradual madness as him. She is correct. However, she can be saved. I know a boy who is good at putting together broken minds. Before you say it, yes I tried with Shane. The constant flux of his body renders him unable to recover his sanity."
"Please do not mistake my distaste for your attitude as dislike towards you. I am simply stating my opinion in the matter, and you can take it as you see fit. You are obviously intelligent and able to understand complex ideas, so I will not talk down to you as I would most children. You are right on many points, but are wrong on a few as well. You said it yourself earlier, emotion is not just chemical. I do love my brother, but I know that he is better off dead."
She turned her attention toward Trinity and stated, "I am ready."
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:09 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:19 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:07 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:13 pm
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“I don’t care if you dislike me or not,” Christian replied indifferently. “I’m not my mother. She’s the one who is willing to do anything to be liked. A lot of people at Daedalus has said it before, I’m far more my father’s child than Mom’s. Honestly, I knew Mom was planning on abandoning me. She may love me, but in a lot of ways she only loves me because she thinks she should. And, no matter how much she loves me, she resents me, more than even she realizes. I don’t blame her.”
He took a deep breath and said with a small smile, “No matter how much I want Mom to stay and be safe, I know that she won’t be happy unless she decides she wants to be. Even if you manage to fix her ‘broken mind’, you are just doing what father and Daedalus were trying to do. Sure, Vallhalla doesn’t do all kinds of experiments that Daedalus does, but that doesn’t mean you guys are any better, not in Mom’s mind. Saving someone who doesn’t want to be saved is wrong and won’t work in the end.”
“You’re right, I don’t know everything about the few people I have encountered in the past few days. I won’t even claim to know what is going on in Mom’s head. However, as a genius and being a sensor of emotions, I like to think I have a fairly decent feel of the situation. Of course, that could just be arrogance on my part,” finished Christian with his small smile. “Imprisoning someone because of love is just as bad as imprisoning someone because hate and fear. Of course, considering who my parents are and how I was raised I’m not going to claim to have a normal sense of right and wrong.”
Finally he frowned and said with a simple shrug, "Ignore me, though, by all means. Like you said I am wrong in a lot of ways. I make assumptions, it isn't a good habit."
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