Inside Seventeen

Inside Seventeen

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17 lay on his side of the room with his legs crossed. 17 wasn't his normal adventure-seeking self today. He'd had a sudden realization when he woke up that morning...

"What if I was was actually programmed to be as obnoxious as 18 always says?" 17 wondered."Is this how that old man designed me? I could NEVER know for sure." , "17, what's wrong?" 18 said, looking quizzically at her brother. 17 was snapped out of his thoughts. "I was thinking," 17 began. "Did it hurt?" 18 asked with a smirk on her face. "18, shut up and listen will you?!" 17 said. 18's smirk faded as 17 began again. "What if Dr. Gero programmed our personalities?? What if we DON'T have a conscience?"

"17, don't be silly, how else could we make decisions? We're not like any simple machine, built to do a certain task. We're complex, modeled after those humans out there." 18 said. "Of course we eat, drink, breathe and sleep like normal humans, but are we programmed to do that as a necessary function, or ar we not androids at all?" 17 replied.

"Oh, shut up." 18 said, turning around her back on 17. "18, I'm serious! Just think about it! I'm making perfect sense!", "No your not, 17. You must be malfunctioning." 18 replied. "See, that's what I'm talking about. I say something out-of-the-ordinary, be serious for a change, and you automatically think my "program" has gone rogue!" 17 said, lying on his stomach. "Well, I guess your right, I did assume your program was failing. But what exactly do you mean by, 'Programmed, without a conscience?'

"Exactly that."

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