Heart and soul

[jianai]

[1]
[In order to get better as a pilot and not wreck a mobile suit each time they're piloting, Ren is doing some good old fashioned physical exercise.]

And one, and two...

[Running laps around Alhambra Base - with a lack of haste that'd cause any drill sergeant worth their salt to pop a vein or a dozen. But what's this - 15, 20, 30 laps around the base done, and Ren isn't even sweaty yet.

Comment? Or maybe join in, if you dare?]

[2]
[Some time after the exercise, but directed at whomever seems willing to listen.]

Do you believe in the afterlife?

Comments

[ugyuuya]

Or a more pure soul than a normal human is capable of. I do not believe that human science could so easily achieve such a feat as creating a living being with no soul.

An AI will always follow programming no matter the situation and no matter how "alive" it seems. You've already proven that you are capable of true sentience and your own will. I do not believe that any entity could have a true will of it's own without a soul.

[jianai]

I'm glad you believe that, Yuuya. You really are a true egalitarian.

I wish I knew more about the individuals who created me. It'd be enlightening, to hear more about their more... questionable decisions.

[Ren smiles sadly.]

Well, in the end we will just have to live with it.