Tau-5 SAMSARA vibes
AUDIO LOG 43 *Footsteps can be heard echoing around a room, mostly silent save for a couple motors and pistons moving.* "So these... things." "Beautiful, eh?" "I would say more like terrifying." "Sir, you- you simply... don't understand. No offense, of course, I mean you are a supe-" "I did not rise to this position by failing to insults." "No, I simply meant that you don't... don't comprehend what these are." "Monstrosities. Perversions. Abominations." "They go by all those names, it's true. However they can be controlled." "Have you not seen those movies, where the heroes try to manipulate a force so much bigger than themselves?" "Sir, you put me here because you knew I had the necessary tools for this position." "You sound almost like a cultist. Life is meant to be natural." "This... is natural. We simply give a little push." "Do you take me for a fool? We are interfering with unnatural creatures with which we can hardly comprehend." "That makes it sound like so much more than it is." "You made life. You took an effective corpse and injected your... your 'programs' into it." "It will be powerful, and for us." "It is unreliable, dangerous, and we are going to hand it weapons it could use to do whatever it pleased." "...if I were to remove all traces of individuality and choice-" "Do it. This is already far away from whatever ethical code existed for creating monsters- life." "Are you sure? SATO will definitely try to criminalize us for this, something about 'induced obedience' in what is effectively a zombie-" "Don't be growing a conscience now, overseer. We cannot afford to make the wrong decisions." *Footsteps begin to quiet and soon only electronic sounds can be heard. The sound of muffled breathing becomes apparent.* AUDIO LOG END
