>>5885586Before you can stammer out something, you are now Rosa Montagni again, and you have an idea. Well, more of a question for the thief.
"That's the thing, though... how can you be sure what you did was honorable?"
You say to the machine man, whose optics track your every word.
"This unit obeyed orders. This unit followed directives. This unit successfully finished tasks."
Stubborn, or deluded?
"I mean, you stole something, which could be considered honorless in several societies around here. Then, your reward is death - which sounds quite villainous, not to mention honorless of your client. And furthermore, they didn't care to finish you off for good. Isn't withholding payment also honorless?"
The machine man is silent - you begin to think he's given up the ghost when he spoke again.
"...This unit has been deceived."
You swear his monotone voice has a tinge of sadness in it.
"Can you tell us about this deceiving client of yours?"
And you reel it in, while he's on the hook.
"Acknowledged"
"In prior contacts, the deceiver mentioned 'serving the singularity'"
"After they thought they have dispatched me, they mentioned they are going North with the seed, to a place in the Pale Yonder"
"Now fix or terminate this unit, vengeance will be enacted - by this unit, or you"
Well, sounds like everything's pointing North, huh? And it seems that this machine man might have felt that his damage is too great, and is offloading his vengeance on you. Then again, maybe Valencio can work something out?
>CHOOSE>□ Fix>□ Terminate 