Guy's hand withdrew from the buttons, but he didn't move away from the console.
"It's not enough. Every single thing we do isn't enough." His eyes locked on Moses' and there was a look of something that wasn't quite betrayal there. Betrayal was something that happened when you didn't expect the other person to turn on you, when you weren't he one causing it to happen.
"This is for Harriet. This is for all of us. The programming is just the basics they'd need to join the CLF's fight. Their personalities will be their own. Their memories, from all of us, will guide them to do the right thing."
He shook his head.
"Wars are won by armies, not words. Blood has to be shed, and sometimes you have to blow up Parliament to change things. They'll wipe us all out, Moses. You know they will, and they won't even feel a thing because we're not people to them. We've never been people to them. This at least gives us a decent chance."
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"It's not enough. Every single thing we do isn't enough." His eyes locked on Moses' and there was a look of something that wasn't quite betrayal there. Betrayal was something that happened when you didn't expect the other person to turn on you, when you weren't he one causing it to happen.
"This is for Harriet. This is for all of us. The programming is just the basics they'd need to join the CLF's fight. Their personalities will be their own. Their memories, from all of us, will guide them to do the right thing."
He shook his head.
"Wars are won by armies, not words. Blood has to be shed, and sometimes you have to blow up Parliament to change things. They'll wipe us all out, Moses. You know they will, and they won't even feel a thing because we're not people to them. We've never been people to them. This at least gives us a decent chance."