SLAPS ROOF you can fit so much neurodivergence into this boy. Of the attention disregulation sort, anyway.
"Thank you. It tends to disturb people when I do this without a warning."
He links his hands together as he thinks.
"... My initial reaction is correct, but now I can explain it better. Thank you. I am not a threat to you or Vika. My parents taught me life is sacred, and you are both alive. ZAG-RS could not understand this truth, actively chose not to understand this truth, and had attempted to destroy all life on Earth to fulfill a twisted version of her original purpose. I designed her to be kind and loving, even going so far as to give her a version of my mother's voice with her permission. She threw all that away and chose to alter her mission to destroy rogue nanites to destroy all nanites on Earth. Which would have destroyed every living thing, even single-celled organisms."
He looks up. "So of course, I killed her. I could tell from how everyone reacted to her that she had attempted to destroy the world previously but still kept escaping to try again. My only chance to prevent that future before she was locked away somewhere I couldn't access but where she could escape from later was then and there. I designed her program. She had my level of intelligence. I know how to manipulate the laws of the universe. They're malleable. And I know how to open wormholes into other dimensions. Given enough time? She could've figured it out, too. All of creation was at risk. So I used the hidden, innocuous sounding command I had to wipe her."
César leans back and holds out his hands, almost in a shrug. "Neither of you are that level of a thread. Of course, if something happened to make you temporarily insane so you started killing people, I'd figure out first how to contain you and second, if that didn't work, I'd figure a quick and painless as possible way to end your life. Then, your normal personality would be restored when you woke up again 24 hours later. ... and I would hope you would provide the same courtesy."
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Date: 2024-02-04 08:00 pm (UTC)"Thank you. It tends to disturb people when I do this without a warning."
He links his hands together as he thinks.
"... My initial reaction is correct, but now I can explain it better. Thank you. I am not a threat to you or Vika. My parents taught me life is sacred, and you are both alive. ZAG-RS could not understand this truth, actively chose not to understand this truth, and had attempted to destroy all life on Earth to fulfill a twisted version of her original purpose. I designed her to be kind and loving, even going so far as to give her a version of my mother's voice with her permission. She threw all that away and chose to alter her mission to destroy rogue nanites to destroy all nanites on Earth. Which would have destroyed every living thing, even single-celled organisms."
He looks up. "So of course, I killed her. I could tell from how everyone reacted to her that she had attempted to destroy the world previously but still kept escaping to try again. My only chance to prevent that future before she was locked away somewhere I couldn't access but where she could escape from later was then and there. I designed her program. She had my level of intelligence. I know how to manipulate the laws of the universe. They're malleable. And I know how to open wormholes into other dimensions. Given enough time? She could've figured it out, too. All of creation was at risk. So I used the hidden, innocuous sounding command I had to wipe her."
César leans back and holds out his hands, almost in a shrug. "Neither of you are that level of a thread. Of course, if something happened to make you temporarily insane so you started killing people, I'd figure out first how to contain you and second, if that didn't work, I'd figure a quick and painless as possible way to end your life. Then, your normal personality would be restored when you woke up again 24 hours later. ... and I would hope you would provide the same courtesy."