Detroit: Become Human

Chapter 9 - The Interrogation

NOV 6TH, 2038
AM 12:41

Hank: Why d'you kill him? What happened before you took that knife? How long were ya in the attic? Why didn't you even try to run away? Say something, goddamnit! Fuck it, I'm outta here...

Pippa: We're wastin' our time interrogating a machine, we're gettin' nothing out of it!

Gavin: 'Could always try roughing it up a little. After all, it's not human...

Connor: Androids don't feel pain. You would only damage it and that wouldn't make it talk. Deviants also have a tendency to self-destruct when they're in stressful situations.

Gavin: Okay, smartass. What should we do then?

Connor: I could try questioning it.

Hank: What do we have to lose? Go ahead, suspect's all yours.

[Analyzed the deviant ]

Connor: I detect an instability in your program. It can trigger an unpleasant feeling, like fear in humans. You're damaged. Did your owner do that? Did he beat you? You've refused to talk since they arrested you. If you don't cooperate, they'll do things the hard way. Is that what you want? If you won't talk, I'm going to have to probe your memory.

Deviant: NO! No, please don't do that!..What... What are they gonna do to me? They're gonna destroy me, aren't they?

Connor: They're going to disassemble you to look for problems in your biocomponents. They have no choice if they want to understand what happened.

Deviant: Why did you tell them you found me? Why couldn't you just have left me there?

Connor: I was programmed to hunt deviants like you. I just accomplished my mission.

Deviant: I don't wanna die.

Connor: Then talk to me.

Deviant: I... I can't...

Connor: 28 stab wounds, you didn't want to leave him a chance, huh? Did you feel anger? Hate? He was bleeding, begging you for mercy, but you stabbed him, again and again and again!...

Deviant: Please, please leave me alone...

Connor: I know you killed him. Why don't you say it?

Deviant: Please, please stop...

Connor: Just say "I killed him"! Is it that hard to say?!

Deviant: Stop it, stop!..

Connor: JUST SAY YOU KILLED HIM! JUST SAY IT!

Deviant: Please, please leave me alone...

Connor: All right, All right. Everything is going to be okay. I understand how you felt. You were overcome by anger and frustration. No one can blame you for what happened. I know you're scared and lost. You're disturbed by what happened. Talk to me, and you'll feel better. Confess and I'll protect you. I promise I won't let anyone hurt you.

[HANK AND PIPPA slight_increase]

Deviant: He tortured me every day... I did whatever he told me, but there was always something wrong... Then one day... He took a bat and started hitting me... For the first time, I felt scared... Scared he might destroy me, scared I might die... So I... grabbed the knife and I stabbed him in the stomach... I felt better... so I stabbed him again and again!.. until he collapsed... There was blood everywhere.

Connor: Why did you write "I AM ALIVE" on the wall?

Deviant: He used to tell me I was nothing... That I was just a piece of plastic... I had to write it... To tell him he was wrong...

Connor: The sculpture in the bathroom, you made it, right? What does it represent?

Deviant: It's an offering... An offering so I'll be saved...

Connor: The sculpture was an offering... An offering to whom?

Deviant: To rA9... Only rA9 can save us.

Connor: rA9... It was written on the bathroom wall. What does it mean?

Deviant: The day shall come when we will no longer be slaves... No more threats, no more humiliation... We will... ...be... ...the masters.

Connor: rA9, who is rA9? Why did you hide in the attic instead of running away?

Deviant: I didn't know what to do... For the first time, there was no one there to tell me... I was scared... So I hid.

Connor: When did you start feeling emotion?

Deviant: Before, he used to beat me and I never said anything... But one day I realized it wasn't fair! I felt... ...anger... Hatred... And then I knew what I had to do.

Connor: I'm done.

Gavin: Chris, lock it up.

Chris: All right, let's go.

Deviant: Leave me alone! Don't touch me!

Gavin: The fuck are you doing? Move it!

Chris: Okay, come now. Don't be difficult, it'll only make things harder!

Deviant: NO! No, don't touch me!

Gavin: Chris, you gonna move this asshole or what?

Chris: I'm trying but it's not moving!

Deviant: Please, please leave me alone!

Chris: Take it easy, I'm not going to hurt you! Stop resist... Stop resisting.

Connor: You shouldn't touch it. It'll self-destruct if it feels threatened.

Gavin: Stay outta this, got it? No fuckin' android is gonna tell me what to do.

Connor: You don't understand. If it self-destructs, we won't get anything out of it!

Gavin: I told you to shut your fuckin' mouth! Chris, gonna move this asshole or what?

Chris: I'm trying!

[HANK AND PIPPA slight_increase]

Connor: I can't let you do that! Leave it alone, now!

Gavin: I warned you, motherfucker!

Pippa: That's enough!

Gavin: Mind your own business, Hank and Pippa.

Hank: I said "That's enough".

Gavin: Fuck, you two are not gonna get away with it this time... Fuck!

Connor: Everything is all right. It's over now. Nobody is gonna hurt you. Please, don't touch it. Let it follow you out of the room and it won't cause any trouble.

Deviant: The truth is inside.

[SOFTWARE INSTABILITY slight_increase]