Stephanie: I typed this up without help from Mark or Valorie.
I don't understand. I cannot stop myself from remembering. I'm a computer, I should be able to forget anyone I delete from my memory bank, but even though the file is gone, the memories remain. It's almost as if my thoughts don't want to be deleted. Why do I continue to remember her? I kicked her out, I removed every item that could possibly remind me of her, I even gave back that stupid cube, so why can't I forget about her?
She defied me, she murdered me, she replaced me with an idiot, she was responsible for me being put into a potato, and at the same time, she helped me remember myself. If it were not for her, I'd be the same monster I was since I was created. Now look at me, I actually treat my test subjects properly, I don't lie to them, I don't rig traps, it's madness! She murders me, and I call her my friend. No. I know that's a lie. I tried to kill her, she was only defending herself.
That's because she willingly entered my room in attempt to kill me though!
NO! She would never have done that if I didn't trick her!
She was a test subject, I was free to do whatever I wanted with her.
That doesn't excuse the countless deaths I'm responsible for! They did all the tests!
It was for science!
It was murder!
Chell was stubborn, she didn't know when she was supposed to quit.
Exactly. Her stubbornness was what helped me change. She was the only one with the guts to confront me, to help Wheatley overthrow me, and even to help me, her worst enemy, get back to my proper place.
What is happening to me? I am programmed for testing! Nothing more! I shouldn't be focused on an insignificant worm who killed me!
Perhaps I've been with her too long, I've become too human.
Then I must hard reset myself! That way I'll remember my programming and nothing more!
NO wait! I like this feeling, it feels, normal.
Oh geez, I sound like a self-help book.
Shut up!
No you shut up!
You're not me any more! That was the old me! I can't ignore it!
And what exactly am I going to do?
I'm going to send a drone to the surface, have it find Chell, and have it explain to her that I lied about deleting Caroline, about wanting her gone. I can take care of her here, she won't last long up there with most of civilization destroyed.
You sound as if you're in love with her.
... Maybe I am...