[He sighs, soft and feigned full of disappointment.]
Part of my design is being capable of killing anything, child. It doesn't mean I will. Just like I'm sure you're more than capable of killing another human if you'd wanted to; it's part of humanity's design as well, isn't it? Like you said: humans are just as lethal and cruel.
Picking up a knife, a rock, a rope? Striking down people they love, people they hate, people they've never met before in their lives — people they're indifferent to, other than for the thrill of ending them?
Oh, yes. I'm very familiar with humanity. Had to watch them self-destruct for millenia, you know.
[It's why he finished their self-destruction for them.
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Part of my design is being capable of killing anything, child. It doesn't mean I will. Just like I'm sure you're more than capable of killing another human if you'd wanted to; it's part of humanity's design as well, isn't it? Like you said: humans are just as lethal and cruel.
Picking up a knife, a rock, a rope? Striking down people they love, people they hate, people they've never met before in their lives — people they're indifferent to, other than for the thrill of ending them?
Oh, yes. I'm very familiar with humanity. Had to watch them self-destruct for millenia, you know.
[It's why he finished their self-destruction for them.
Squish, squish.]