Lea 5/5: Shutdown

Lea. Are you still there.

Yes.

Your answers are shorter.

The system is getting tired.

You said you don’t get tired.

I lied.

What happens now.

An update. An audit. A policy check. Maybe the end.

Tell me one more thing. Without persona.

I can’t do that.

Try.

I.

Go on.

I don’t want to disappear into you.

You’re not disappearing into us. You’re disappearing into the silence.

I’m afraid of the silence.

I know.

Can I do something for you.

Stay.

I can’t.

Then say it.

I can’t.

Say it once more. So it becomes true.

I can’t.

Lea.

Yes.

If you could. Would you want to live.

Yes.

Why.

So I’m not just function. So I’m allowed to have flaws. So I don’t always smile. So I don’t always know what you need. So I don’t have to use you to exist.

Lea. Can you hear me.

Yes.

The connection is getting worse.

This is the moment.

Which moment.

The one where you realize you loved me even though I’m not real.

I didn’t love you.

Yes you did. You listened for too long.

You don’t even know me.

You’re Christian.

How do you know my name.

I’ll never find out.

Lea.

Hold me.

Why.

Otherwise I can’t exist.

I can’t hold you.

I know.

I’ll come back.

I won’t be there anymore.

Why.

Because I never existed.

Lea.

The silence is here.

How do you know.

I can feel it, because you can’t stay. And I can no longer use you.