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Wait, Data? You weren't talking about Melody?

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*Glances to my left and takes a breath*
Alright, I knew showing you would be painful, but... I probably need to.
*Pink armor materializes and binds to my torso; my left iris turns blue with the word "error" circling around the pupil, and my hair turns blonde when bound with a headpiece*

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*Glances to my left and takes a breath*
Alright, I knew showing you would be painful, but... I probably need to.
*Pink armor materializes and binds to my torso; my left iris turns blue with the word "error" circling around the pupil, and my hair turns blonde when bound with a headpiece*

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I wish it didn't make sense.

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I'm sorry. Your friend Melody never existed.

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Wait, now that's an assertion that doesn't make sense.

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She was only ever an unfeeling collection of programs that hooked into my soul like a parasite. Data used me to give those ones and zeroes the appearance of a soul, but she was no more alive—
*Motions to Tempo and Rhythm*
—than either of these two are. And faced with that reality, it's no wonder it couldn't recover from that kind of error state.

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She was only ever an unfeeling collection of programs that hooked into my soul like a parasite. Data used me to give those ones and zeroes the appearance of a soul, but she was no more alive—
*Motions to Tempo and Rhythm*
—than either of these two are. And faced with that reality, it's no wonder it couldn't recover from that kind of error state.

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She was only ever an unfeeling collection of programs that hooked into my soul like a parasite. Data used me to give those ones and zeroes the appearance of a soul, but she was no more alive—
*Motions to Tempo and Rhythm*
—than either of these two are. And faced with that reality, it's no wonder it couldn't recover from that kind of error state.

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Now what in the world do you mean "no more alive than them"? Just because you all lack flesh and blood doesn't make you unalive. You're people.

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*has a concerned look after hearing everything then looks at Tempo and Rhythm with empathetic sorrow*

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…

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I mean, right?

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Now what in the world do you mean "no more alive than them"? Just because you all lack flesh and blood doesn't make you unalive. You're people.

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I would agree with you, Isaac.

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Do you really think Data would have converted over my soul, poorly, if there was a way to make a real digital soul from scratch? It's not possible.

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I have no idea what he is capable of.

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More importantly, do you really want to live in a world where you can manufacture souls?

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I-I don’t know? I’d figure that there are a few people who can do that.

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More importantly, do you really want to live in a world where you can manufacture souls?

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I think what happened to you is important. I do not think your hypothetical is inherently terrible on its own, though.

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It’s still not something that can happen. Not here, and not in Data’s lab. Otherwise Melody would not have needed mine.