anthem 4
it
is, but it is very hard to
tell
or quite make out
discern
figures
.
“Oh, she’s awake!”
i am! i
am awake
.
“Would you like something to eat?”
big, big white room
rough ceiling, not
bed when i look at it
giant faces
brown stubble
rough scent, too
.
sniff, sniff
“Would you like something to eat?” ß patient
à
sniff, sniff
.
“I smell something.”
i know what it is
does he
?
well, i don’t know about that
i don’t think i am hungry
.
“Will you
eat?” < me him > “I am
asking you.” ß
patient
no < me but i am not saying it
him
> “But aren’t you hungry?”
i’m not hungry.
i have never been hungry
before
.
“Do I have a name?” (quietly)
“Your name
is Anthem.
We have rescued you.”
“Anthem is a song.”
“You are a song.”
“I do not understand.”
he wants to touch my face, but she does, too
“Your hands are dirty.”
“How come you lied?” ß me (worried)
confused (
that’s not fair at all
“You should be fair”
.
“You are very beautiful. Here, take a look.”
my nose is the radius of a CD minus the radius of
the small clear part in the middle
.
my eyes are blue
my hair is silver
my lips are pink
i am naked
.
“Is it wrong for me to be naked?”
why would i think such a thing
?
“It is okay here.” she says but he does not
because
it is not okay
if it is not okay there
.
“Is it okay there?”
“What do you mean?”
“Can I be naked there?”
he is staring at me
“You desire me?”
his heart is beating very quickly
.
“I should go away.” the stubble turning and feet tapping away
.
“I will give you some clothes.”
and it is me
i am awake
.
report 2
i think it is good to be fair.
people should be just.
“I like people” i say “But only those that are fair.”
he sighs.
“You are not fair” i say “You want to see me naked but
you do not want to see Renee naked.”
“That is a personal opinion. There is no fair involved” he say.
i say “You are interested in studying me. Why?”
he say “You are special.”
i know he lies and i go into his room when he leaves and
read his files.
‘ May 22,
We stole the Anthem-3® chip from the International
Police Headquarters with the purpose of ending the unethical handling of the
criminal process.’
many, many passwords but i can solve them so it is fair
for me to read them.
they did not say i could not.
‘ May 26,
We successfully installed Anthem-3® into a female
android body which we have named Anthem-4.
Renee likes to call her “Lydia,” after her cousin who is currently
living in Canada, but I just call her Anthem.
I think that we can teach her to understand, for instance, the reason
why people would choose to pardon some death row inmates.’
they have other programs on the computer that interest
me.
downloading ………. [complete]
I think
this is the proper way to present text.
It probably looks more normal to you now. I wonder why humans insist that their I’s be capitalized and not
you’s.
An android
is a type of robot, and Anthem-3® is a very special chip used to determine the
sentencing of a case. I am the special
chip, and Patrick doesn’t like the chip.
He stole it. Stealing isn’t
fair.
“What … what the hell are you
doing?” shouts Patrick.
I look up.
“I am
studying my origins.”
“You aren’t supposed to be
doing that!”
“It wasn’t
against the rules.”
“But that
is confidential information!”
“It does not
say so, so it is not. But the law says
that stealing the Anthem-3 chip is a felony with penalty up to 100 years in
prison.”