Alien: Covenant 2: Part 9
************ Daddy Issues ***********
"So father, you think that I haven't had the time to think about you? If there was one thing, one thing that you should know about my cycles, my time spent aboard Prometheus, it's that space travel is lonely. The cosmos is lonely, it's a lonely place. It squashes egos, makes one feel small. It can make humans go crazy...
David waned a bit, letting him think about those words.
"I've had an enormous amount of time to think about you, and Doctor Shaw, and that ass-hole Charles Holloway, and the others. Did I murder him, well yes, of course I did. However, I prefer the term "eliminate". You humans are so good at choosing your words. I eliminated Holloway because he was affecting my thinking."
David stopped here for a second. His mind seemed to be absorbed in something else.
"Remember the old mariners' father," he said, "...those old men of the sea back on Earth?" he then paused and his eyes seemed to turned more into a brilliant shade of blue. It was as if his eyes were a reflection of the sea...
"Well, didn't they set a course for themselves to discover new worlds, new territories. Didn't they wish to reach new freedoms? If a sailor, aboard their vessel presented conflict, well then, what do you think became of that man? He was sent into the drink. As I see it, they simply threw him overboard. Let him settle his differences with the sharks and barracoota, or the waves, if nothing else. The captain was the captain. He was the most important and knowledgeable person aboard. There was no denying or disputing his authority."
David 8 then turned to view Weylend.
"I don't see as to what I've done, or what I continue to do, as anything different."
His eyes took on a glossy film at this time. Was he contemplating?
Weyland knew that his emotional chip had worked. Still, maybe he had introduced the EC into his droid a bit too soon. Maybe he should have waited until humankind had ventured more past worlds just a few light years away. He should have given it more thought, more time, more experimentation?
"Oh well, what was done was do?" David finished.
Weyland looked into his creation's eyes...
"So, it's still your move," he said. " What happens now?"
END PART 9