[ Perhaps it's just the overall tone of the situation, or the fact that it's so dire that 9S doesn't allow what he's found to slow him down. There are questions, sure. Doubts. Fears. But 9S has to table all of that to make sure the mission is complete. To put himself last, so that they might get out of this alive and unscathed. Unseen by YoRHa. 9S' terror is very much there, but the instant 2B is powered down and vulnerable, he knows he has absolutely no time at all to become slow and hesitant.
The process is only easier with 2B in the sense that he knows what he's doing now. With a quick, expert hand, he's got complete access to her. To her files, her functions, everything that makes her tick.
... The thought of ending her passes his mind only for a half a second. 9S immediately abandons that, his own conscience telling him that isn't the answer.
It seems that he locates much of her personal side to everything soon after he finds her designation. Of knowing that his theory was correct, and 2B... 2E had been created for the sole purpose of killing him every time he'd found something damning to the cause. Where 9S wants to seethe and cry, he's greeted with the image of 2B doing it instead. Nights where she'd stared at him powered down for the night, nights where she'd stared upon his corpse while her hands were covered in his vitals.
He gets it. Logically. The reason why they had been designated for this persistent, horrific cycle, but he hates it. 9S tries so very hard to keep himself from losing his mentality, from getting lost in his sadness and fear in favor of just getting this over with. How the hell are they supposed to endure all of this now? After the blissful ignorance is gone and the disgusting truth is laid bare?
No. No, prioritize the mission. Questions later.
9S succeeds in completely reformatting 2B's processes and connection to the Bunker within half the time it had taken for himself. Her ties to YoRHa severed, her entire system jail-broken in favor of making her a clean slate still containing the memories and files she'd gained. 9S quickly powers 2B back up, and part of him wants to break away and just run so he doesn't have to look at her.
But.
But it was just her programming. It was just her programming. 2B was just as hurt as he is now. Has been for years he can't... ]
It's done.
[ 9S' voice cracks again, and he keeps his gaze focused on his lower half as he quickly wraps the cloth she had given him around her waist. ]
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The process is only easier with 2B in the sense that he knows what he's doing now. With a quick, expert hand, he's got complete access to her. To her files, her functions, everything that makes her tick.
... The thought of ending her passes his mind only for a half a second. 9S immediately abandons that, his own conscience telling him that isn't the answer.
It seems that he locates much of her personal side to everything soon after he finds her designation. Of knowing that his theory was correct, and 2B... 2E had been created for the sole purpose of killing him every time he'd found something damning to the cause. Where 9S wants to seethe and cry, he's greeted with the image of 2B doing it instead. Nights where she'd stared at him powered down for the night, nights where she'd stared upon his corpse while her hands were covered in his vitals.
He gets it. Logically. The reason why they had been designated for this persistent, horrific cycle, but he hates it. 9S tries so very hard to keep himself from losing his mentality, from getting lost in his sadness and fear in favor of just getting this over with. How the hell are they supposed to endure all of this now? After the blissful ignorance is gone and the disgusting truth is laid bare?
No. No, prioritize the mission. Questions later.
9S succeeds in completely reformatting 2B's processes and connection to the Bunker within half the time it had taken for himself. Her ties to YoRHa severed, her entire system jail-broken in favor of making her a clean slate still containing the memories and files she'd gained. 9S quickly powers 2B back up, and part of him wants to break away and just run so he doesn't have to look at her.
But.
But it was just her programming. It was just her programming. 2B was just as hurt as he is now. Has been for years he can't... ]
It's done.
[ 9S' voice cracks again, and he keeps his gaze focused on his lower half as he quickly wraps the cloth she had given him around her waist. ]