No exit

John
In all your travels,
have you ever seen a star supernova?

Final 5.
No

John
Well, i have.
I saw a star explode and
send out the building blocks
of the universe.
Other stars, other planets,
and eventually, other life.
A supernova.
Creation itself.
I was there. I wanted to see it.
And be part of the moment.
And you know how i perceived
one of the most glorious
events in the universe?
With these ridiculous
gelatinous orbs in my skull.
With eyes designed to
perceive only a tiny fraction
of the em spectrum.
With ears designed only to
hear vibrations in the air.
The five of us designed you
to be as human as possible.
I don’t want to be human!
I want to see gamma rays.
I want to hear x-rays.
And i want to…
i want to smell dark matter.
Do you see
the absurdity of what i am?
I can’t even express
these things properly
because i have to…
i have to conceptualize
complex ideas in this stupid
limiting spoken language.
But i know i want to
reach out with something
other than these prehensile paws
and feel the solar wind of
a supernova flowing over me.
I’m a machine.
And i could know much more.
I could experience so much more.
But i’m trapped in this absurd body.
And why?
Because my five creators thought
that god wanted it that way.

Final 5
You have something to say?
Don’t you feel the
slightest bit of remorse
for what you did to him?
What you did to us?
No.
Because he’s wrong, boomer.
There’s no need for remorse or blame.
We didn’t limit you.
We gave you something wonderful.
Free will.
The ability to think creatively.
To reach out to others with compassion.
To love.
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