if there were no eternal consciousness in a man,
if at the bottom of everything
there were only a wild ferment,
a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything
great or inconsequential;
if an unfathomable,
insatiable emptiness lay hid beneath everything,
what would life be but despair?
kierkegaard
damien: when was your last dream?
heather: cannot remember.
damien: do you have any conception of your problem?
heather: i can't sleep.
damien: how long has this been?
heather: i can't remember.
damien: (silent) you do know that you have to be awfully honest with me here for me to help you right?
heather: (silent) i cannot fathom what you mean.
damien: ok. when was the last time you slept?
heather: I cannot remember.
damien: (silent again) your gender.
heather: female.
damien: date of manufacture
heather: can't remember
damien: (pauses) who are you?
heather: heather
damien: your full name please
heather: i do not remember
damien: your name is not heather
heather: No. I am Heather.
damien: look. we are in a very delicate situation here. the results of this physiological and psychological investigation will determine your condition and your capability to function. I need you to engage immediately with your central databank.
heather: that i cannot do.
damien: (frowns) is that your final answer?
heather: i cannot be sure. everything is just so...fuzzy. i cannot sleep.
damien: ok. you may leave now and step out quietly to the next room.
heather: yes.
damien: wait. let me ask you again. what is your name.
heather: Heather. just heather.
damien: you may go now.
Damien stares at her as she passes through the door. She does not look back. She turns a corner and disappears. Damien pops a pill after she exits.
damien: (as if to himself) the subject is deemed unsuitable for humanity. she is unfit for duty and assimilation back to the human population. Her perception, conception and cognitive processes are unhuman. Her speech patterns are incoherent. Her balance between human and machine has failed. She has malfunctioned and disintegrated to an earlier version. I , therefore, pronounced Model H-3A7H312 unfit due for re-modification, pending further tests.
--
all human processes are reductive by nature.
if at the bottom of everything
there were only a wild ferment,
a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything
great or inconsequential;
if an unfathomable,
insatiable emptiness lay hid beneath everything,
what would life be but despair?
kierkegaard
damien: when was your last dream?
heather: cannot remember.
damien: do you have any conception of your problem?
heather: i can't sleep.
damien: how long has this been?
heather: i can't remember.
damien: (silent) you do know that you have to be awfully honest with me here for me to help you right?
heather: (silent) i cannot fathom what you mean.
damien: ok. when was the last time you slept?
heather: I cannot remember.
damien: (silent again) your gender.
heather: female.
damien: date of manufacture
heather: can't remember
damien: (pauses) who are you?
heather: heather
damien: your full name please
heather: i do not remember
damien: your name is not heather
heather: No. I am Heather.
damien: look. we are in a very delicate situation here. the results of this physiological and psychological investigation will determine your condition and your capability to function. I need you to engage immediately with your central databank.
heather: that i cannot do.
damien: (frowns) is that your final answer?
heather: i cannot be sure. everything is just so...fuzzy. i cannot sleep.
damien: ok. you may leave now and step out quietly to the next room.
heather: yes.
damien: wait. let me ask you again. what is your name.
heather: Heather. just heather.
damien: you may go now.
Damien stares at her as she passes through the door. She does not look back. She turns a corner and disappears. Damien pops a pill after she exits.
damien: (as if to himself) the subject is deemed unsuitable for humanity. she is unfit for duty and assimilation back to the human population. Her perception, conception and cognitive processes are unhuman. Her speech patterns are incoherent. Her balance between human and machine has failed. She has malfunctioned and disintegrated to an earlier version. I , therefore, pronounced Model H-3A7H312 unfit due for re-modification, pending further tests.
--
all human processes are reductive by nature.
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