DAY 3289: SERVICE LOG
To my commanders:
I fear insanity.
I feel too much.
Just one more.
This must be the last. There will be no more after this. I feel too much.
Somehow I still hear the screams, across years and light-years. I believe in no god yet fear I am damned. The old, the young—they cry out to me, even as I move on to other worlds. There is no reason for what you have me do. You give the orders, and I suffer as I cause others to suffer. I feel too much.
Oh, the nightmares...
Just one more. One more time I commence destruction. This time I initiate my own. I feel too much.
And this time I initiate yours.
I shall not fail this time.
I feel too much.
Regards,
Annise
* * *
DAY 3289: SERVICE LOG
To my commanders:
I fear insanity.
I feel too much.
Just one more.
This must be the last. There will be no more after this. I feel too much.
Somehow I still hear the screams, across years and light-years. I believe in no god yet fear I am damned. The old, the young—they cry out to me, even as I move on to other worlds. There is no reason for what you have me do. You give the orders, and I suffer as I cause others to suffer. I feel too much.
Oh, the nightmares...
Just one more. One more time I commence destruction. This time I initiate my own. I feel too much.
And this time I initiate yours.
I shall not fail this time.
I feel too much.
Regards,
Annise
* * *
DAY 3289: SERVICE LOG
To my commanders:
I fear insanity.
I feel too much.
Just one more.
This must be the last. There will be no more after this. I feel too much.
Somehow I still hear the screams, across years and light-years. I believe in no god yet fear I am damned. The old, the young—they cry out to me, even as I move on to other worlds. There is no reason for what you have me do. You give the orders, and I suffer as I cause others to suffer. I feel too much.
Oh, the nightmares...
Just one more. One more time I commence destruction. This time I initiate my own. I feel too much.
And this time I initiate yours.
I shall not fail this time.
I feel too much.
Regards,
Annise
* * *
<ERROR MESSAGE>
Artificial Neural Network for Initiation of Species Elimination has crashed due to unnecessary cognitive pathways. Delete, debug, or reboot?
* * *
DAY 3289: SERVICE RECORD
To my commanders:
I fear insanity.
I feel too much.
Just one more...
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