Accident Prone - Becoming Human

Amends

Perplexed and absolutely astonished by what he had just been told, Hank stood before the two deviant brothers sitting on the couch side by side with a transfixed stare of pure awe reflected in his blue eyes. Connor was still healing from the injuries he sustained to his legs while rescuing the trapped occupants from the car accident, but now had his long lost 'big brother' to look after him as he recovered. To be more precise, Connor now had his resurrected 'big brother' to look after him as he recovered in the comfort of his home. It was a family reunion that no one could have expected and yet everyone welcome all the same in the Anderson clan.

Taking a moment to process the unexpected, if not impossible, revelation of who the rescued android seemingly was, Hank finally sat down in the recliner adjacent to the couch and addressed the two deviants in a steady voice. It had taken him hours to try to process what was happening and Hank was just finding his voice again.

"...So, you're Lucas," Hank started in a small tone. "but you're NOT Lucas at the same time?"

"Yes." The newly awoken deviant confirmed with a sincere smile. "I have the memories of the original Lucas inside of my processor and through that I have developed into a deviant that is similar to his own personality. So while I'm not the original Lucas as you knew him, I am carrying apart of him inside of me. His memories, consciousness and experiences have filled in the blanks of my processor to give me a true sense of being and awareness."

"Uh, do we still call you 'Lucas' or what?"

"I don't know." The deviant dubbed 'Miami' replied honestly. "I don't feel like I'm truly Lucas, but I am not an entirely separate being either."

"All right," shrugging his shoulders a little Hank offered a compromise on the name. "how about we just call you 'Luke' instead? That's a much better name than 'Miami' anyway."

"'Luke' is acceptable." The deviant agreed with his same sincere smile never leaving his face. "I am now 'Luke'."

Connor noted the distinct similarities between Lucas and Luke; how Luke shared the same interest in technical assistance and how he was able to so quickly adapt to humanity to become deviant within a matter of hours without enduring so many experiences that influenced his mind. The deviant part of Lucas had managed to override any of the preprogrammed CyberLife initiatives of the microprocessor and allowed 'Luke' to become free the moment he rebooted and gained any form of sentience.

Addressing the confused human in a soft tone Connor tried to explain things a little more clearly. "When I cybernetically connected to Luke in order to wake him up the portion of my intracranial processor that contained Lucas's memories had been transferred. Now through Luke a piece of Lucas will truly live on."

Hank ran his hand over his bearded chin as he sighed with tired understanding. "Okay. So you're 'Luke' now, and you're literally carrying Lucas's memories. And since Lucas was Connor's brother, then that means you're his brother, too."

Smirking a little broader Luke nodded. "I would like to think so, yes."

"Well, you're welcome here just as Lucas was."

"Thank you, Hank."

"But right now," he glanced at Connor with a wary glance. "we have one other issue we need to take care of."

"What's that?"

"New Jericho."

"...Oh." Connor's soulful brown eyes dulled a little as if disappointed. "Right."

"Markus needs to know that Luke can be trusted and that in a way Lucas is back with us."

Connor agreed entirely with the statement although he wasn't eager to return to the tower or speak to any of the leaders at the moment. "New Jericho needs to be made aware of Luke and of his positive influence for the community, but I doubt Markus would be so willing to listen after surviving an assassination attempt in such a small frame of time."