[ With all the information that's come to light practically overnight, 9S is grateful for the letter, really. It's light on explanations -- slightly frustrating for an information-hungry android -- but it's reassuring to read a letter from Wei Wuxian that still sounds like him and not a deranged killer-on-the-loose as he might be painted in a more lawful society.
Not for the first time, and almost certainly not for the last, 9S is troubled by the value of human life. His programming cries for objective quantification; it insists that all humans have equal potential, and that he should guard them all with utmost reverence. Yet here now is a man accused of killing many. A stubborn, willful human who likely regrets none of his actions, who could very well kill again, and whom 9S happens to like and admire.
Maybe it's better that Wei Wuxian was able to make his escape, then. It spares 9S from having to consider the merits of killing him, or through inaction allowing others to be killed. It's too big a conundrum for one lone android to contemplate. He carefully tucks the letter away, and wonders if he'll see Wei Wuxian again soon. ]
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Not for the first time, and almost certainly not for the last, 9S is troubled by the value of human life. His programming cries for objective quantification; it insists that all humans have equal potential, and that he should guard them all with utmost reverence. Yet here now is a man accused of killing many. A stubborn, willful human who likely regrets none of his actions, who could very well kill again, and whom 9S happens to like and admire.
Maybe it's better that Wei Wuxian was able to make his escape, then. It spares 9S from having to consider the merits of killing him, or through inaction allowing others to be killed. It's too big a conundrum for one lone android to contemplate. He carefully tucks the letter away, and wonders if he'll see Wei Wuxian again soon. ]