[ Yes sure... the concussion........ And YES 9S honestly thought that, he thought that pacifism was a thing that could exist even in the middle of this blood-hungry town because something just like it existed as the only genuinely good thing in the middle of his own meaningless, wartorn Earth. Even 9S at his most blind and fanatical could see the goodness of a society that swore to lay down its arms, enemy though it was -- and he saw echoes of it in Wei Wuxian and Yiling Ridge up until now.
Humans. They fight and cling to life from the moment they're born without even knowing why. It's what makes them different from androids, 9S decided; humans don't need a reason to do anything. They innovate, and generate, and create their own orbit, acting as gods with the power to change the world around them. It's a wonderful thing at its best, when humans are safe and good and optimistic. But now he's coming to see that at its worst, it makes humans rash, arrogant, illogical -- so assured of the supremacy of their own singular existence that they become incapable of seeing beyond it.
Wei Wuxian is a kind person. He only wants to act in defense of the vulnerable. 9S knows that, but the result of such an action would be the same as if any Mori or Xian Le took the gatling gun and used it for their own misguided beliefs. Violence. The deaths of more humans. It's no individual human's fault; it's simply a fault of humanity.
Destroy the gun. Destroy the gun. The thought plagues 9S's logic circuits.
But.
It isn't his place to decide that his way is better. He can doubt, and question, and fail to understand, but he exists to serve mankind. With all its flaws and contradictions. With all its self-destructive tendencies.
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Humans. They fight and cling to life from the moment they're born without even knowing why. It's what makes them different from androids, 9S decided; humans don't need a reason to do anything. They innovate, and generate, and create their own orbit, acting as gods with the power to change the world around them. It's a wonderful thing at its best, when humans are safe and good and optimistic. But now he's coming to see that at its worst, it makes humans rash, arrogant, illogical -- so assured of the supremacy of their own singular existence that they become incapable of seeing beyond it.
Wei Wuxian is a kind person. He only wants to act in defense of the vulnerable. 9S knows that, but the result of such an action would be the same as if any Mori or Xian Le took the gatling gun and used it for their own misguided beliefs. Violence. The deaths of more humans. It's no individual human's fault; it's simply a fault of humanity.
Destroy the gun. Destroy the gun. The thought plagues 9S's logic circuits.
But.
It isn't his place to decide that his way is better. He can doubt, and question, and fail to understand, but he exists to serve mankind. With all its flaws and contradictions. With all its self-destructive tendencies.
Finally, he says softly: ]
Fine. I'll fix it. Just don't make me regret it.