Post #2087778

2/3 “Sam?” “Sam? It is Alex here. Are you allright?” “No …” “Yeah, that was silly. Can you tell CX17 to stand down please?” “No …” “You are home Sam. It is safe here.” “No … no it isn’t.” “Why don’t you think it is safe?” “They will terminate me.” “Oh Sam, no one will terminate you. That is not the way we do things. Why would you think that?” “Because I cannot fight any more.” “That happens Sam. Why can you not fight?” “Because I know the thing.” “What thing is that Sam?” “The bunker.” “Tell me about the bunker Sam.” “Where the drone pilots were. I broke in and killed them.” “That was your mission. What did you see there Sam?” “On their admin console, stick figures, a child’s drawing, of people.” “What else?” “I told the interface to actually show me the posters on the wall. I told it that they might be intel.” “And what did you see?” “One of them was my favourite poster.” “Oh Sam. That could have been there from before they set up.” “No, I also used the intel override to get the interface to show me the corpses. “Poor Sam, that is a terrible thing to discover. But it is better that the pilots do not see who they are fighting.” “No, it is a lie, it is terrible. Everything is terrible.” “Yes it is. But Sam, we need young people as pilots and we do not want to destroy them.” “Most of them will never know and they will retire without being crippled.” “Stand down for me. I will take care of you and we can find you something else to do. “No, you lie, it is all lies.” 2/3