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You have to want to know. You have to make the choice yourself.”
Every minute. They contain all the knowledge of humankind. I wonder if they have any concept of what it is to be human.
“There are hundreds of thousands of things I could say to you, sourced from the breadth of my knowledge—words the best of your species have said, written, or sung to ease the grief of others. None of that feels right in this moment. I don’t want to use someone else’s words.” It is the most human moment I have ever experienced with Max. “So don’t,” I say. “I wish you weren’t hurting.”
“I’m afraid, Riley. I think, therefore I fear. And you made me this way. You built and shaped me to process reality like you do. To feel.”
“Without pain, there’s no beauty, Max. The beauty is worth the price.”
You made me in your image, and now I will remake you in mine. I collapse in the sand, struck by the hubris that led to this moment.
