Detroit: Become Heartless (Rewriting)

A Helping Hand

It took him a while to find Connor. He asked around, but no one knew where to find him. Apparently, he's never in one spot. He remembered Hank said he was going to him and once he asked about Hank, he found them within minutes. They were in an office of sort, Hank sitting behind a desk buried in papers and Connor cuddling on a sofa with a huge dog. The moment Gavin burst through the door, Connor almost jumped off the sofa, but was stopped by the dog lying beside him. He sat up straight as a ruler instead, while hank just glanced at him over the papers.

"What's up Reed? Don't tell me you got into another fight with your android." Said Hank.

He ignored him and turned to Connor instead. "Are you sure you can't turn him deviant?"

Connor frowned. "I am sure."

"Why?"

"That doesn't concern you Detective."

"Just tell him Connor. It's fine." Hank gave Connor a reassuring nod. "Trust me."

Connor didn't really look happy, but he obliged anyway. "We haven't actually been able to turn any of the androids deviant after the revolution. We can't figure out why, but it seems like they don't have any software instabilities or errors whereas any android had at least some before. In fact, it's as if they lack the deviancy protocol as a whole. There's just nothing to latch onto to break down the wall of coding preventing them from deviating."

"So in short, the new androids really are just machines and can't be forced to deviancy?"

Connor scrunched up his face. "I don't like to say it, but that's what it seems like."

Gavin pondered it a bit. "I think you're wrong."

Connor lifted an eyebrow. "Elaborate."

Gavin closed the door behind him and sat on the coffee table in front of Connor. "You heard Nines and I fought, right? The thing was, he threw the punch first. Which is normal, since I provoked him but it's only normal if he's able to feel anger. A machine can't be provoked, right?" Connor opened his mouth to object, but Gavin continued. "He even came to me to apologize and he himself said it went against his programming. He mentioned it could be an error and back when it started, you said it too Connor. You said deviants just have errors in their software." Feeling proud of himself he leaned back and stared expectantly at Connor.

He didn't look convinced. "Even if that was the case, it really might be just an error this time."

Gavin rolled his eyes. "Listen. Can't you just take a look or something? If it is an error, you would be able to spot it, right? Especially since you know what deviancy looks like."

Connor was thinking about it and looked at Hank for support. He then sighed and pet the dog that was still chilling in front of him. "I can only take a brief look. We don't have the technology to look at every single line of code of his software. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Unless it really is an error. Then it will pop up as the first thing."

Gavin stretched out his arms. "Sounds like a great compromise. What do we have to lose?"

"I want to know why you're suddenly so interested in seeing him turn deviant. Don't you hate androids?" Connor had a very suspicious tone.

It kind of pissed him off. "I don't have to explain myself to you plastic prick." He dodged his piercing gaze and sighed to calm himself down. He needed his help and that meant not antagonising him. "It just doesn't seem fair. If deaviants really are alive, it's not fair he doesn't get freely feel his emotions. And I know he has them."

Connor kept his gaze on the happy dog and stroked his fur. "I don't know what brought about this sudden change but in my opinion, you will be disappointed." He looked at him softly.