Dr. Ouelet:
[repairing cybernetic hand]
Open and close, please. You have damaged internal systems.
Major:
Maybe next time you can design me better.
Dr. Ouelet:
How are you?
Major:
I'm fine, I can't feel anything.
Dr. Ouelet:
No, you. In there.
[smiles]
Major:
I've been having glitches. But they'll pass.
Dr. Ouelet:
You've been talking your medication?
Major:
Yeah. But these ones are still cycling. I had two this morning.
Dr. Ouelet:
Sounds or image?
Major:
Both.
Dr. Ouelet:
[scans]
I see it. Have you made any unencrypted downloads?
Major:
No, just delete them for me.
Dr. Ouelet:
Consent.
Major:
My name is Major Mira Killian and I give my consent to delete this data.
Dr. Ouelet:
It's done. It's no big deal.
Major:
What are they?
Dr. Ouelet:
Sensory echoes from your mind. Shadows. Can't be sure.
Major:
How do you know what's a glitch and what's me?
Dr. Ouelet:
The glitches have a different texture... to the rest of your code. I can see everything. All of your thoughts, your... decisions.
Major:
I guess privacy is just for humans.
Dr. Ouelet:
You are human. People see you as human.
Major:
Everyone around me seems to fit. They seem connected to something, something I'm... not. It's like I have no past.
Dr. Ouelet:
Of course you have a past. And with time you'll feel more and more connected to it... and to them.
[surgery complete]
Dr. Ouelet:
Open and close, please.
[hand works]
Dr. Ouelet:
We cling to memories as if they define us, but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.
