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Chell didn't know what to respond. To be a robot, what would she be giving up? Feelings, yes, but what else? "You would have feelings. In fact, you would be exactly like you are now, but as a robot, you would be able to live forever." Chell thought about it.
"What would I be? A back-up for you? Just a friend to be able to suggest ideas for testing? Would I just be a decoration for Aperture?" she asked GLaDOS. GLaDOS thought about her questions.
"I'm not really sure, but I can't take that chance again."
"What chance?"
GLaDOS thought about what she would say before talking. "... I don't want to take the chance on... on losing you again. The next time could prove fatal. We were lucky." GLaDOS paused. "The real only chance of you never dying would you to become a robot, maybe even an AI. It would make me lose the feeling for me to test with you. And if you wanted to keep testing, I could make you an AI. You could test until your tired, and I could talk to you. You could do whatever, go outside even. I can make you an AI with a sense of smell, and you can sleep everything outside. I could add sense of touch. I could do anything you wanted. Just please don't stay a human... I won't be able to stand you dying."
Chell couldn't believe her ears. GLaDOS was actually asking her to be a robot, because she cared. Chell didn't understand why she had held Her feelings for her. Something told her it was because she wasn't supposed to have a relationship with the test subjects, GLaDOS was never made for feelings for people. She was made to test.
Chell looked up. "I will," she said. "I'll become a robot; an AI preferably." GLaDOS gasped, she never expected Chell to actually agree. She thought Chell would say, 'Let me out.' She didn't know Chell was telling the truth. Chell didn't ever want to leave Aperture Science anymore.
Chell's life was surrounded by Aperture Science; she would have been dead without it. She needed Aperture, and Aperture needed her.
And now she would become a test subject forever. As an Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot. She would never leave GLaDOS's side.
GLaDOS picked her up, along with Bobby. "I'll make sure you remember everything, Chell," GLaDOS said. "If you forget, you might hate me again and never again realize that you love me and Aperture."
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