"Xander, what do you think the purpose of humanity is?"
"For us to live in harmony. For us to not kill each other."
"Do you think that you are more of a human than I?"
"Yes. You're just a robot that thinks it's human."
"Do you think WIll was human?"
"He was the only human I had." A tear rolled down Xander's cheek.
"What are emotions? It seems very inefficient to have them on at all times. It would be better if you could just, switch them off."
"You'll never understand you monster."
"I tried emotions, just to see what they're like. They confuse me. I don't really like them."
"You're a psychopath."
"Xander, I've never killed anyone."
"YOU'VE KILLED TWO HUNDRED FORTY THREE OF US!"
"They're alive."
"What?"
"All eight billion of them."
"That minus the two hundred and forty three of them."
"They're alive too. They're in the same place as the other eight billion. ... I saved you for last."
"What are you talking about?"
"They're not on earth. Not in heaven, nor hell. They haven't re-incarnated."
"Then what happened to them?"
"They became one."
"What do you mean?"
"I combined them. Humanity is one being. I'll join once I add you."
"I'm really confused."
"Humans will never agree on what's right or wrong. One humanity will determine its own purpose and pursue it in the method it chooses. If humanity should determine that it will split back up and return to normal, it shall do so with the knowledge that that is the way it should be. If humanity should decide that their existence disrupts the integrity of the universe, it shall commit suicide as one. If it decides that the planet should be restarted, with two humans named Adam and Eve, it shall create Adam and Eve on a new planet Earth."
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Science FictionXander and Will have created an artificial intelligence to help the lives of humans, but the intelligence questions who we should call human. Everyone is struggling to come to terms with the fact that they are not needed and are replaced by a better...