AUG 15TH, 2038
PM 08:29
SWAT: Negotiator on site. Repeat, negotiator on site.
Caroline Phillips: No, stop... I... I... I can't leave her. Oh, oh please, please, you gotta save my little girl... Wait... you're sending an android?
SWAT: Alright, ma'am. We need to go.
Caroline Phillips: You can't... you can't do that! You W- Why aren't you sending a real person? Don't let that thing near her! Keep that thing away from my daughter! KEEP IT AWAY!
Allen: Why are we wasting time sending an android to negotiate?! That piece of crap could jump from the rooftop any second. I DON'T GIVE A SHIT! My men are ready to step in... just give the order! Fuck! I don't believe this...
SWAT 1: That bastard's gonna jump...
SWAT 2: Fuck, man... I got the same model at home...
Connor: Captain Allen? My name is Connor. I'm the android sent by CyberLife.
Allen: It's firing at everything that moves, it already shot down two of my men... We could easily get it, but they're on the edge of the balcony. If it falls, she falls.
Connor: Do you know its name?
Allen: I haven't got a clue. Does it matter?
Connor: I need information to determine the best approach. Do you know if it's been behaving strangely before this?
Allen: I haven't got a clue. Does it matter?
Connor: I need information to determine the best approach.
Allen: Listen, saving that kid is all that matters. So either you deal with this fucking android now, or I'll take care of it.
Emma: (From her tablet) This is Daniel, the coolest android in the world! Say hi, Daniel!
Daniel: Hello.
Emma: You're my bestie! We'll always be together!
Allen: All units, hold positions. The negotiator's going in.
SWAT: In position. Ready to assault.
Tablet: Your order for an AP700 android has been registered. CyberLife thanks you for your purchase.
Daniel: Go away! All of you go away - or I'll jump!
Allen: Stay sharp. I want everybody ready to go at any second.
Daniel: Leave us alone! I want all of you out of here now!
Allen: Get the paramedics ready. I've got a man down and another one wounded on the balcony. We have to evacuate him ASAP.
Daniel: Get out of here! You have to go!
Allen: Hold positions. I repeat: hold positions.
SWAT 1: You gotta be kidding. That's their negotiator???
SWAT 2: Fuck, we don't need another machine to waste this prick...
SWAT 1: Holy shit! Cover me while I evacuate him.
Allen: Man down! I repeat, man down! Requesting immediate evac!
SWAT 1: You're okay?
SWAT 2: Yeah... Yeah, I'm fine...
SWAT 1: Fucking android.
SWAT: In position. Ready to assault.
SWAT: That cop is alive... I saw his leg move...
Daniel: Stay back! Don't come any closer or I'll jump!
Emma: No! No, please! I'm begging you!
SWAT: Go, go, go!
Connor: Hi, Daniel.
Daniel: How...
Connor: My name is Connor.
Daniel: How do you know my name?
Connor: I know a lot of things about you. I've come to get you out of this. I know you're angry, Daniel. But you need to trust me and let me help you.
Daniel: I don't want your help! Nobody can help me! All I want is for all this to stop... I... I just want all this to stop...
Connor: I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to talk and find a solution.
Daniel: Talk? I don't wanna talk. It's too late for that now. It's too late...
Cop: Please... Please help me...
Connor: He's losing blood. If we don't get him to a hospital, he's going to die.
Daniel: All humans die eventually. What does it matter if this one dies now?
Connor: I'm going to apply a tourniquet.
Daniel: Don't touch him! Touch him and I kill you!
[ PUBLIC OPINION slight_increase]
Connor: You can't kill me. I'm not alive.
Daniel: Are you armed?
Connor: Yes. I have a gun.
Daniel: Drop it! No sudden moves, or I'll shoot!
Connor: There, no more gun. They were going to replace you and you became upset. That's what happened, right?
Daniel: I thought I was part of the family. I thought I mattered... But I was just their toy, something to throw away when you're done with it...
Connor: I know you and Emma were very close. You think she betrayed you - but she's done nothing wrong.
Daniel: She lied to me... I thought she loved me... but I was wrong... She's just like all the other humans...
Emma: Daniel, no...
Connor: Listen, I know it's not your fault. These emotions you're feeling are just errors in your software.
Daniel: No, it's not my fault... I never wanted this... I loved them, you know... but I was nothing to them... just a slave to be ordered around... Urgggh... I can't stand that noise anymore! Tell that helicopter to get out of here!
SWAT: The situation is under control.
Connor: There, I did what you wanted. You have to trust me, Daniel. Let the hostage go and I promise you everything will be fine.
Daniel: I want everyone to leave... And I wanna car! When I'm outside the city, I'll let her go!
Connor: That's impossible, Daniel. Let the girl go and I promise you won't be hurt.
Daniel: I don't wanna die...
Connor: You're not going to die. We're just going to talk. Nothing will happen to you. You have my word.
[SOFTWARE INSTABILITY slight_increase]
Daniel: Okay... I trust you...You lied to me, Connor. You lied to me...
[Connor leaves the rooftop and goes back to Cyberlife.]
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