Anthony: "Tell my wife... I always loved her..."
[b]He closes his eyes.[/b]
"Now do it."
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"Goodbye, friend. I'll see you on the other side" [i]he says, tears streaming down his face, the cold steel of the trigger being pulled back, the loud bang of the shot, the tiny explosion sending the shot out, the shot piercing Anthony's skull; and he stands, turning to Varn, the gun holstered[/i]
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Varn: "Where do you think an AI goes when it dies?"
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"Well, I... I don't know. I've never seen an A.I in hell. My guess is it just kind of fades away, shimmering into nothingness, a ghost in the large machine that is life, unable to be seen or heard by any but the other fallen A.I. Ain't that a bitch?"
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"Where an AI goes is completely up to its subconscious. We die, then we shimmer into the void, stuck in our own dreams, never to be seen or heard from again. You remember that chip I gave you a little while ago? It has my girlfriend on it. I don't even remember her name..."
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"Jesus... Well, I sure as hell won't lose it, Varn, I promise. I'll put it in a body for you. How long you got left?"
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"Five minutes."
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"Alright man. Shit, I'm just sad you never got to visit hell, save for that one assault we pulled"
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"Who knows? My subconscious might send me there. It'd be a real funny coincidence."
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"That it would man. Well, when I eventually am bested and it's done, we may meet again"
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"Maybe. Three minutes now."
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"Fūck..."
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"Let's make them count."
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"Any last words for me? Things you need to get off my chest? Still looking for who stole my special bullet"
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"No, I didn't take that. I have one thing to say. You were such a good friend, Hunter. Almost like a brother. Tell Viola I said goodbye."
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"Thanks man, and I will. I always considered you a brother, a human as well, never letting anything stop you, especially not being human"
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"I'm not human. I'll be human for a few seconds, then I'll die. One minute."
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"Fūck..."
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"I had a good 1.385 billion year life."
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"And you'll continue that in androidland or helll
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"You could re-make me."
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"I likely will"
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"I would never be the same."
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"I'd make it work. I'd have to"
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"Not saying you couldn't, it's just-" [b]And then he died. That was it. All those years, erased.[/b]
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[i]He stands there, completely empty, before falling to his knees, leaning back and staring at the sky; he's away from this hell, and into the next great battle; the afterlife[/i]