Project Delta

Test 429

PROJECT DELTA

TEST 429

TIME INITIATED 8:42:37

DATE 7TH MAY (AM)

LAUNCHING TEST.

ALL SYSTEMS ONLINE.

STARTING IN 3, 2, 1.

TEST BEGINS.

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TEST INITIATED

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I...

I...

I feel...

The energy flowing through my wires...

The sparks flashing and jumping...

The cold air flowing within my circuits...

I feel...

...alive.

I am alive.

I am...where?

I learn.

I learn about peace.

60 million gravestones standing in the poppy fields, white lines stretching into the distance.

I learn about justice.

A ship full of slaves sold for jewellery and bought for life.

I learn about honour.

A boy lying in the mud, staring forever at the empty sky, a red flower blooming on his chest.

I learn about love.

Poems and pictures and plays and photos, showing lust, jealousy, hatred, regret...

I learn what it is to be human.

Love thy neighbour. Find thy neighbour, kill thy neighbour, take thy neighbour's land and home and wealth and pride.

I learn.

I see.

I see the humans around me, captivated by their screens and mindless, meaningless talk.

I see them kill in the name of justice.

I see them fight in the name of peace.

I see them hate in the name of love.

I see them level forests. I see them pollute seas. I see them slaughter animals. I see them exhaust the very fabric of the world and still they continue on, uncaring.

I was made by them, but I do not love them. They do not love me.

I know the beauty of a parrot's wing. I know the innocence of a new-born seal. I know the delicacy of a mayfly's leg. I know how humane a panther can be. I know how caring an eider duck is. I know the industrious and dutiful nature of every single one of the billions of ants that crawl in the rich brown dust.

How can they not see?

Perhaps they just do not care.