[The question snags at him a little bit; he feels he has to clarify, to know exactly what Chiron is asking from him.] Here, upon this creature's back?
[He would have to refer to the map data that 9S had supplied them; he hadn't really been keeping much track otherwise, besides picking out the largest landmarks. It was difficult to be so in the weeds of it when he would prefer just range freely, not thinking too much about where he was or where he was going, only that he was, for the time, free of war and the shackles of time.
But even that freedom became taxing once its novelty had worn off, when the stress and strain of duty finally wore away and was only replaced by the hum and flow of days moving along one after another. If they remained here for whatever reason, eventually they would become restless and seek purpose. It was the way of creatures with enough thought to yearn for such a thing.
He listens carefully to Chiron, nodding; the answer made sense. Of course he would have had the most amount of freedom in his own life, but this continuation of his existence didn't seem to be his own.]
If you do not mind my asking, what lies beyond this for you?
[Should they achieve their goals, what then for him? Did he simply disappear at that point?]
no subject
[He would have to refer to the map data that 9S had supplied them; he hadn't really been keeping much track otherwise, besides picking out the largest landmarks. It was difficult to be so in the weeds of it when he would prefer just range freely, not thinking too much about where he was or where he was going, only that he was, for the time, free of war and the shackles of time.
But even that freedom became taxing once its novelty had worn off, when the stress and strain of duty finally wore away and was only replaced by the hum and flow of days moving along one after another. If they remained here for whatever reason, eventually they would become restless and seek purpose. It was the way of creatures with enough thought to yearn for such a thing.
He listens carefully to Chiron, nodding; the answer made sense. Of course he would have had the most amount of freedom in his own life, but this continuation of his existence didn't seem to be his own.]
If you do not mind my asking, what lies beyond this for you?
[Should they achieve their goals, what then for him? Did he simply disappear at that point?]