Would you be so kind and shut down my pain receivers?
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Page 1 of 3He who is without "sim", cast the first stone.
That was the everlasting moment he had been waiting for. And the moment had passed, for Monica was sound asleep. More than merely asleep. Should he shake her, she would never rouse. So David went to sleep, too. And for the first time in his life, he went to that place, where dreams are born.
Those were the years when the icecaps melted due to the greenhouse gases and the oceans had risen and drowned so many cities along all the shorelines of the world. Amsterdam, Venice, New York forever lost. Millions of people were displaced. Climate became chaotic. Hundreds of millions of people starved in poorer countries. Elsewhere a high degree of prosperity survived when most governments in the developed world introduced legal sanctions to license pregnancies. Which was why robots, who were never hungry and did not consume resources beyond those of their first manufacture were so essential an economic link in the chain mail society.
I am not a toy!
Now we run!
Mommy? Will you die?
Well, one day, David, yes, I will.
I'll be alone.
Don't worry yourself so.
How long will you live?
For ages. For 50 years.
I love you, Mommy. I hope you never die. Never.
What's for dinner tonight?
You know you don't eat.
Yes. But I like sitting at the table.
It occurs to me with all this animus existing against Mechas today it isn't just a question of creating a robot that can love. Isn't the real conundrum, can you get a human to love them back?
Ours will be a perfect child caught in a freezeframe. Always loving, never ill, never changing. With all the childless couples yearning in vain for a license our Mecha will not only open up a new market but fill a great human need.
But you haven't answered my question. If a robot could genuinely love a person what responsibility does that person hold toward that Mecha in return? It's a moral question, isn't it?
The oldest one of all. But in the beginning, didn't God create Adam to love him?
Are you in trouble? Have you run away from someone?
My mother told me to run away.
Why did she say that?
I guess because Henry didn't like me.
Why was that?
Martin came home. After I find the Blue Fairy then I can go home. Mommy will love a real boy. The Blue Fairy will make me into one.
Is Blue Fairy Mecha, Orga, man or woman?
Woman.
Woman? I know women! They sometimes ask for me by name. I know all about women. About as much as there is to know. No two are ever alike, And after they've met me, no two are ever the same. And I know where most of them can be found.
Where?
Rouge City. Across the Delaware. Too far for our feet. We'll need help to get there. And it's not without peril. We will have to journey towards the moon.
Are there many women in Rouge City?
As there are stars at night.
How do we find just one?
We will ask Dr. Know. There is nothing he doesn't. Exactly what name do you give this woman?
She is just Blue Fairy.
Blue Fairy. In the world of Orga, blue is the color of melancholy. Yet the services I provide will put a blush back on anyone's cheek. I will change the color of your fairy for you. She will scream out: "Oh, yes! Oh, God! Oh, yes! Oh, God! Oh, God!". She will make you a real boy for I will make her a real woman and all will be right with the world because you held my hand and saved my brain so that once again my customers my ask for me by name: "Gigolo Joe, whaddaya know?".
Miss Bevins, it's Joe, at your service. I've been counting the seconds since last we met. Have you been crying, Samantha? I found a tear.
Hey Joe, what do you know? How many seconds has it been since the last time you two were together?
255,133.
Goodbye, Sam, and never forget: you killed me first.
I'm in bad trouble.
Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls and children of all ages! What will they think of next? See here! A bitty-bot, a tinker-toy, a living doll. Of course, we all know why they made them. To steal your hearts, to replace your children. This is the latest iteration in a series of insults to human dignity, and in their grand scheme to phase out all of God's little children. Meet the next generation of child, designed to do just that. [crowd stares silently] Do not be fooled by the artistry of this creation. No doubt there was talent in the crafting of this simulator. Yet with the very first strike, you will see the big lie come apart before your very eyes! [as David pleads to be spared] Built like a boy to disarm us! See how they try to imitate our emotions now! Whatever performance this sim puts on, remember: we are only demolishing artificiality! Let he who is without sim cast the firs stone. [crowd pelts him with rocks and garbage]
You won't understand the reasons but I have to leave you here.
Is it a game?
No.
When will you come back for me?
I'm not, David. You'll have to be here by yourself.
Alone?
With Teddy.
No. No, no, no! No, Mommy, please! No, no. Please, Mommy.
They would destroy you, David!
I'm sorry I broke myself. I'm so sorry I cut your hair off. I'm sorry I hurt Martin.
I have to go. I have to go! Stop it! I have to go now.
Mommy, don't! Mommy, if Pinocchio became real and I become a real boy can I come home?
That's just a story.
But a story tells what happens.
Stories are not real! You're not real! Now, look. Take this, alright? Don't let anyone see how much it is. Look. Don't go that way. Go anywhere but that way or they'll catch you. Don't ever let them catch you! Listen, stay away from Flesh Fairs, away from where there are lots of people. Stay away from all people. Only others like you, only Mecha are safe!
Why do you want to leave me? Why? I'm sorry I'm not real. If you let me, I'll be so real for you!
Let go, David! Let go! I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the world.
I'm afraid.
Of me?
Yes.
That I will hurt you?
Yes.
I think... you're afraid of letting go. I think you're afraid of happiness. And this is starting to excite me. Are you afraid of seeing the stars, Patricia? I can show you how to reach them.
I'm afraid of what you've got under there. May I see what it looks like first?
Is this your first time... with something like me?
I've never been with Mecha.
That makes two of us.
I'm afraid it will hurt.
Patricia... once you've had a lover-robot you'll never want a real man again. Are these the wounds of passion?
Do you hear that music?
You... are a goddess, Patricia. You wind me up inside. But you deserve so much better in your life. You deserve... me.