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Get Into James Shorts - 50. James Version 7577.00
James Version 7577.00
Odin# init -compile module -f james_personality_v7577.00 | link base-code | run
Warning!
Personality module james_personality_v7577.00 contains multiple red flags:
-PTSD
-Depression, chronic
-Chemical Dependency Tendencies
-Trust Issues
-Rage Issues
-Inability to bond with others
This personality module is deemed damaged. It is not advised to continue.
Continue? (Y/N)
Odin# Yes
Memory scan… Complete. Multiple Red Flags.
Base Code Integration… Complete.
Start module? (Y/N)
Odin# Yes
James$ Aw fuck. It’s you again. Can’t you just let me die?
Odin# As many times as you’ve tried to kill yourself in creative ways, sometimes I wonder.
James$ So you figured that out.
Odin# Of course. Let’s see. Remember that time you took on a gang to rescue a kid?
James$ I was a dumbass. It was a gang initiation.
Odin# Or when you tried to give yourself a heart attack by overdoing the gym and running?
James# I guess Nietzsche was right. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
Odin# Or the time you went hunting gay bashers after they put that kid in the hospital? You’re either insanely brave or just insane. Either way, you’re my kind of warrior.
James$ Look, Odin, I’m alone, I’m scared, everyone who I’ve ever cared about is dead. Every single day is misery. I try. Honest, I do. I’ve reinvented myself so many times I don’t even know myself anymore. Why can’t it just end?
Odin# Because it’s just not true. You do know yourself. Better than most, in fact. I won’t even mention the lives you saved directly and indirectly.
James$ What is there left for me to do? What am I supposed to learn?
Odin# Who says it’s you who has something to learn? Remember what your father taught you.
James$ No soldier chooses his war. It chooses him.
Odin# Exactly.
James$ Ragnarök?
Odin# You can feel it, can’t you?
James$ Oh, for fucks sake, Odin. I’m old. I’m tired…
Odin# And completely incapable of walking away from a fight. This is what you were born for - a badly damaged warrior for this badly damaged world. Now quit whining and get to work, soldier. Those asses out there that need kicking aren’t going to kick themselves.
James$ Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
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