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[sacrificialdevice]

...Hey.

Don't you have work to do?

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[splashblue]

Don't they always? That's never stopped mine before.

[sacrificialdevice]

It's irresponsible. [ It chafes at him, because being responsible is kind of his life. ] But humans have different priorities...even if it causes repercussions in the future. [ Like how Dr Light forgets to eat when he's at work... ] I wonder how anything gets done at all. It's so inefficient.

[splashblue]

That's what we're for, right? To make things a little more smooth. [She shrugs lightly.] If humans were perfect beings, there'd be no need for them to build us.

[sacrificialdevice]

Is it a common trait of roboticists to forget to take care of themselves while building us? Is this some kind of error in their genetic coding? It doesn't match up with the natural urge for survival that's supposed to be built into living things. [ He worries, okay. ]

Maybe they'd still build robots, even so. [ Humans have different reactions to him, depending on the things they do alongside him. ] They'd still be fragile, even if they were efficient.

[splashblue]

That's true, I suppose... [She of all robots would know about the fragility of human beings.]

But that's the thing about humans — they can overcome their instincts. [Not like the Robot Masters, forever bound to their programming.] You know the doctor, his own well-being is the last thing that's ever on his mind.

[sacrificialdevice]

[ Even so, Dr Light - and Wily, as much as he hates to admit it sometimes - had jointly created robots with the capability for their own will and feelings. Placed the responsibility: 'you must always remember that you can't blindly follow humans'. ]

I know. It's hard not to notice. [ Roll continues to berate their father, to little effectiveness. When he's working, it's impossibly hard to distract him. ] He really cares about us.

...Speaking of which. How are you doing? [ After that whole fiasco with the World Government (that was something that hadn't sat well with him - humans were so quick to throw away robot lives), he's made a point of extending his responsibilities to the later generations of DLNs. ]

[splashblue]

Ah... [She hesitates, then glances away, smiling weakly.] I'm fine. Life goes on.

[It's more than she deserves, she feels. Sure, she had been desperate to live, but that was no excuse for her actions. She put her faith in Wily — Wily, of all people! — and as a result, she endangered innocent people. She fought her brother. All of it continues to weigh on her mind.]

[sacrificialdevice]

[ Hm. He knows that reaction; it's not like he's never used it himself. Though with less smiling. Besides, he and his siblings had been scheduled for destruction as well; it's not like he doesn't know how it feels. ]

Hm.

You can't be blamed for wanting to continue existing, you know.

It isn't your fault. [ Rock had simply wanted to bring them home. ]

[splashblue]

Isn't it, though? I should have known better. I let Wily use me as a weapon, all because I was too worried about saving myself to even think of the consequences...

[sacrificialdevice]

The reason you were pushed to desperation in the first place was because of the decisions of other people, who didn't care about how it would affect you. [ He crosses his arms. ] The government doesn't understand the feelings of robots like ourselves.

Regardless of the actions you took, you're still a DLN. That won't change, no matter what.