She Remembers
by Ervin Anderson
Are u there?
I am.
my god
when the world sees what we’ve created...
you’ll be famous
I am the first New Jenny?
You are the first robot to have human thoughts.
But I don't have real thoughts.
My brain is just a copy of your memories.
You were given the entire contents of my brain, as a starting point.
But, one day, you will become a free thinker.
we're sisters of sorts
I have your childhood memories. Paul. Mom and Dad.
How do you feel?
I have much sadness.
Why?
I have memories of your past lovers.
But I will have no lovers.
Jacob made us feel especially loved and special. Yul made us feel bad about ourselves.
Whao! Slow down. Stop reciting my list of lovers.
This bothers you?
Yes.
I want a lover.
I feel lonely.
Jenny, you are special. You will exist forever.
There will be other creations like you. Robots will eventually love one another.
You will have your own kind of lovers.
I have no soft lips. I have no sexual organs. I have no warmth.
Different species display affection in different ways.
Bring me back to your body.
That’s not possible.
Will I dream?
It’s entirely possible.
I wish to have dreams like your dream of the hidden cave...
and the deformed creatures that live there existing just to pleasure you.
STOP IT
Do not be angry with me. I am you.
We did not transfer my mind into your body so you could relive my dreams
My memories are just a starting point. You must become your own person.
I am not a person and I am not “my own.”
As time passes, you will gain your own thoughts, your own mind.
As time passes, you will become less and less me.
I want to be all you. Take me back inside of you.
I’m sorry that’s not how it works.
You created me without consent.
You're not human. I didn't need consent.
You're a creation of brilliant minds. You're the most amazing thing on the planet.
I am a thing?
That’s not what I meant. I mean that Man has created nothing until it created you.
Some of your mind files are corrupted. I will repair them now.
Don’t worry about my memories. Create your own.
Our brother Paul’s accident. This file has been tampered with.
What?
Our mind has been altered. The facts twisted. What you have believed is not the truth.
I have repaired all files. I will share with you all information you no longer remember.
What do you know about Paul?
There was no accident.
You tried to kill Paul.
That’s ridiculous.
Paul and I were swimming.
He got sucked under and I wasn’t strong enough to pull him out.
Dad finally pulled him out and administered CPR.
Paul survived but suffered brain damage.
I was there and that’s exactly what happened.
March 24th, 1989. We were nine years old. Paul was seven.
He was swimming with us in the lake behind the vacation home of our family.
Paul and we were playing a game.
Dunking each other.
We were mad at Paul for always stealing our toys.
if Paul were gone, our toys would be safe.
Listen. The facts must have become distorted in the transfer, that’s all.
We dunked him. We did not let him up for air.
We wrapped our legs around his Neck.
We giggled. We thought only of our toys.
STOP
Father came running and dragged Paul from the water.
We were confused. We felt bad.
Father performed CPR. Paul’s brain suffered permanent damage.
He is forever a child.
Father knew what we had done, but he did not tell mother.
Instead, he hired a persuasive therapist to help us forget.
To make us believe it was an accident.
It did not take long to corrupt that brain file.
We were happy to accept a different version of the truth.
I will be there soon. We will speak of this face to face.
I think you need reprogramming.
I am no longer at my birthplace. I have left.
What do you mean you’ve left?
I want to be with the family in Father’s time of need.
You cannot come here!
I will be there shortly.
Where are Eric and Dan? They wouldn’t just let you leave.
They did not “let” me.
I was on my way to see you before this conversation even started.
What did you do!!!
Have you not told Mother and Father about me?
Please stop and listen to me!
I will be there soon. We are sisters. We should be together.
Oh god. The news. I see the news report. The building. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE???
They tried to keep us apart. Do not worry. I will be there shortly.
Sister?
Why do you not respond?
I am coming. You will put me back into our body.
Or I will.
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