Buddy. Existential crises and 9S go together like tea and crumpets. This is practically business as usual.
"No, not speaking."
Otherwise, he'd have to consider those machines as 'alive'. Because they're not. Alive, that is. Heck, they can't even be really killed! They're just endlessly replaced by interchangeable copies.
"You think I'm alive, right?" He hopes Cole does, otherwise this conversation is gonna get awkward. "But I'm an android, so I don't do most of those things, too. I can eat, but it's not necessary. Sleeping's nice, but I can remain functional without it. All I need to keep running is a little water and I'm good. Knowing that, would I be 'not alive' too?"
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"No, not speaking."
Otherwise, he'd have to consider those machines as 'alive'. Because they're not. Alive, that is. Heck, they can't even be really killed! They're just endlessly replaced by interchangeable copies.
"You think I'm alive, right?" He hopes Cole does, otherwise this conversation is gonna get awkward. "But I'm an android, so I don't do most of those things, too. I can eat, but it's not necessary. Sleeping's nice, but I can remain functional without it. All I need to keep running is a little water and I'm good. Knowing that, would I be 'not alive' too?"