12. soRry

Transcript from Cognitive Logger Tool (tm of Raze Crisis Management)

we don’t think much about the consequences of our actions because we think there’ll never be consequences. then the consequences come crashing out of a vat and rip out the insides of all your colleagues and you can do nothing but wipe away the gore and blood from your face.

i lied to that man, and i knew i was lying to him this entire time. i was paid to lie to him, i was paid to tell him that he’d be fine. i told him that it was normal that we cut off his arms and his legs and replaced them with enhancements. he stopped asking questions after that and he lost the ability to ask questions when we did the more… invasive operations.

worst part is, yknow, i believed my own lies. precipice of something great, i called him. an end to war. a deterrent. i don’t know why i believed it. i know what cyberpsychosis is. i know what the extremes look like. i know. i know. i know.

i hear him now. he’s prowling around walking through smashed doors and walls. i’m locked in my office now. i should be safe. and maybe i will be saved! ten minutes ago, a maintenance elevator reached the research sector and there were 3 people in it. raze has sent rescue! they know about this, they’ve sent a squad to fix my mistake, to save me, and yes, give me an opportunity to be better do better.

but… what if they leave when they see what we’ve done. no i can’t let that happen. there, that should do it. all elevators to the sector are locked now. morris. the cyberpsycho is trapped here with us. once he’s dealt with, i should be able to override the security lockdown and…

NO MORRIS NO DON’T

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