IV
Wasn’t that interesting? Lorcan had reacted to Niamh’s
leaving with violence and force. The Archivist had never seen an
experiment do that. And the read-outs from Niamh, just as she was
deactivated, showed high levels of evolved emotions; defiance, hatred,
fear. She had never shown evolution in these read-outs before. What part
of Lorcan’s forced shut down had produced those?
Deactivating
Niamh in the way he did, Lorcan had all but murdered her. He should not
have the capability to murder, at least not in that manner. He certainly
should not “feel” any emotion strongly enough to produce that reaction.
It
was time to bring Lorcan and Niamh back to the Cells. A little
experimental torture would now be required to determine the depth of
evolution. Once they had the readings necessary for further
experimentation the machines would be completely destroyed versus simply
being deactivated and reset.
Perhaps, in future experimentation,
Lorcan could be recreated and given more sexual curiosity. Though he
would have to be castrated first. It was too dangerous to have a fully
functional android with sexual awareness. But that would be an
experiment for another time.
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