Jr. had thought the same thing. But he had hope that any of the new clones being made had the chance to make choices for themselves. That was why they all offered their memories to the Mother Brain, wasn't it? So future clones that might be made could be more than what that initial programming was.

He looked to the ground. "I don't wanna kill them," he said, not quite the specific answer to that talk-down question. "Not when we're doing this for them in the first place." It was hypocritical to him, to kill the clones just because they were clones of them, even if it was dangerous when it came to the government.