Adia smiles wanly. She can tell Victor is trying to reassure her the best she can. If it had been anyone else, she wouldn't even bother to listen. "They were hive-mind, when they first attacked. Then they left and... and when they came back, some of them looked just like us." She looks at Victor intently. She needs the other woman to understand. "We made them, Victor. The humans made them and gave them sentience and didn't think twice about it. And then they left and came back and they hate us so much--"
She cuts herself off and looks down, fighting back tears. Fear, shame, loss, and even some anger pass over her face. She wipes at her eyes, smudging a bit of the dirt on her face. "But you're... it's different with you. This will be your child, yes? You'll love it and... and you'll treat it right. You won't mass produce it and treat it like crap. And... it'll know it's a robot, right? I mean, it'll know what it is, physically. It won't... it won't find out one day and..."
She trails off, her voice so thick it would choke her to say more. But she doesn't cry.
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Date: 2010-11-30 03:18 am (UTC)She cuts herself off and looks down, fighting back tears. Fear, shame, loss, and even some anger pass over her face. She wipes at her eyes, smudging a bit of the dirt on her face. "But you're... it's different with you. This will be your child, yes? You'll love it and... and you'll treat it right. You won't mass produce it and treat it like crap. And... it'll know it's a robot, right? I mean, it'll know what it is, physically. It won't... it won't find out one day and..."
She trails off, her voice so thick it would choke her to say more. But she doesn't cry.