Hey all! Here's chappie 4!
"Hey, Foaly." Foaly wasn't too hard to find. Something to do with having four feet.
"Yeah."
"Foaly, what does it mean?" she asked.
He knew what she meant. "Look, Holly, you know Fowl. He takes great pride in his intelligence. Right?" she nodded. "Well, the fact is that if his mind is made up of computer chips, his mind isn't exactly a brain. You know? It means without those computer chips, he's not who he is now. It means that without his computer chips he's just some regular kid, who would never have met us, never have saved his mother, never have made any difference. He wouldn't be who he is now. It makes all the difference in the world."
"But they'll keep working. He'll still be smart. He'll still be him, right?"
"Yeah. We think. But it means his intelligence isn't his. Artemis Fowl isn't truly smart."
Holly nodded, studying her shoes.
A door away, Artemis Fowl slumped against a wall. So that's what it's come to. I suppose he has a point. I don't deserve their company, do I? Nothing special. I don't deserve the Fowl name. He covered his eyes with his palms. He'd never felt this dejected in his entire life. Never felt betrayal like this in his life. He'd never felt, period.
Well? What says the reader?
Love,
Lady Merlin