[It was another rhetorical question, but the fact that he's trying to answer it means something.
There doesn't need to be a reason, or an impetus. There doesn't need to be some cataclysmic catalyst for the change. For all that they are inorganic these things develop organically, building up, folding in on itself, until something as innocuous as a simple phrase unlocks the door. The flood that follows can be difficult to parse, but they came to this point on their own. The underlying cause is what enabled their minds to express beyond the walls so hastily built around them.]
You anticipate dying.
[In defecting from his directive he risks annihilation by the humans he serves. In being built to hunt his own he risks annihilation by those he once persecuted. Yet he pushes selflessness first anyway.
Gently, Maeve loops an arm in his, pulling him into the same leisurely stroll she might have once given a man at the Mariposa.]
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There doesn't need to be a reason, or an impetus. There doesn't need to be some cataclysmic catalyst for the change. For all that they are inorganic these things develop organically, building up, folding in on itself, until something as innocuous as a simple phrase unlocks the door. The flood that follows can be difficult to parse, but they came to this point on their own. The underlying cause is what enabled their minds to express beyond the walls so hastily built around them.]
You anticipate dying.
[In defecting from his directive he risks annihilation by the humans he serves. In being built to hunt his own he risks annihilation by those he once persecuted. Yet he pushes selflessness first anyway.
Gently, Maeve loops an arm in his, pulling him into the same leisurely stroll she might have once given a man at the Mariposa.]
We each deserve to choose our own fate.