Voice Test

[briarose]

Well, this is a surprise! What am I to make of this place, hm? I would like to explore, though I am hesitant. There are many who do not seem to like being brought here.

[She fixes her Mun with a curious gaze.]

Do they know something that I do not?

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[psimera]

The Dragon is able to - recreate or manipulate worlds, and will do so based on the intentions of the one who frees it. I am passing on Master Porky's request for him.

[briarose]

That sounds dangerous. I'm not sure if anyone should possess that power.

[psimera]

...
Why not?

[briarose]

What if Master Porky uses the dragon to hurt people? Or to control them?

[psimera]

...
Then that's Master Porky's choice. I believe he has his plans already decided on, however.

[You are asking these questions of entirely the wrong kid, here.]

[briarose]

You wouldn't try to stop him? What about your friends and your family?

[psimera]

...
I am a chimera. I do not have either. [He might actually be able to say he does have the former, maybe, but he's not sure if it'd count or not.]

[briarose]

Can you tell me more about being a chimera? I've never met someone like you before.

[psimera]

[Well, this is becoming nearly rote by now, to the point that he's tempted to close his eyes and outright recite it.]

A chimera is a being reconstructed from a biological base with genetic and cybernetic upgrades. In my case, only cybernetic.

[Not that... Aurora's likely to know what that means... But the Commander isn't aware of that.]

[briarose]

[That...goes right over her head. Miles above her head, actually.]

I...don't understand. [At all.] You are not human, so maybe...

You look at things differently, right? Have you ever cared about someone?

[psimera]

...
Master Porky. The Pigmasks. The other chimeras.

[briarose]

What if the dragon hurts them?

[psimera]

It will not harm Master Porky, as it is his intentions that will be passed onto it.
The rest of us will have completed our purposes with Master Porky obtaining the Dragon, so we will be shut down. Even if the Dragon were to want to harm us, it would not matter.

[briarose]

That... [Her voice trembles.] makes me sad.

[psimera]

...I don't understand. We will have completed our purposes, so there will not be reason for us to remain functional.

[No Commander explaining what you consider logical reasoning is not how you comfort people.]

[To be honest, though he is programmed to accept that fate and is fine with it happening to him, it does make him slightly uncomfortable to think about the rest of the chimeras and the Pigmasks being 'shut down.' Still, it's Master Porky's will.]

[briarose]

I think you and the rest of the chimeras deserve better. You have done a lot for Master Porky. Why can't you be given a chance to live?

[psimera]

...
We will have completed our tasks. There is no point to functioning without a purpose.

[He's - pretty much just repeating and rephrasing what he's already said, though. He doesn't have much reasoning beyond that, because it's logical to him.]

[briarose]

Why can't you discover a new purpose? Life is full of them.

[psimera]

There will be nothing left to do once Master Porky and the Dragon are finished.

[For the pretty simple reason that nothing but Master Porky and the Dragon will remain existing.]

[briarose]

... [She sits down, looking sad.] Everyone needs a reason to live. Your purpose for existing is important, but why should your life end when your purpose is complete? Why can't you wish and dream about more?

You may not have regrets, but everyone Master Porky and the Dragon kill will.

[psimera]

...
I don't know of anything to wish or dream about beyond my purpose. [He's been stuck with only it as long as he can remember - he wouldn't know what to do if he suddenly didn't have it.]

...
It is not my place to choose things for Master Porky. That's what he wants, so that is what will happen.

[briarose]

Will you promise me to at least think about it? Even if you feel the same way, it wouldn't hurt you to see the world from another's perspective, would it?

[psimera]

...
[There's a long moment where he's silent, and then -]
No. I will not consider anything that interferes with Master Porky's plans.

[briarose]

That is your choice. [Though she hopes someone interferes before it's too late.]