[ Root can't help but laugh a little. It's not a mean laugh -- he's from a long time ago, that would have been the prevailing belief at the time, and it's not even an uncommon one now by her mark -- but she flashes an irreverent smile at him nonetheless. ]
I couldn't disagree more.
[ The Machine itself is godlike, someone Root reveres as a god, but a big part of the reason for that is because the Machine always allows for human will. Harold had programmed it that way on purpose. She does what she can to protect the precious mortal flashes of life under her care, but ultimately, her calculating probabilities is not casting fate. Root herself would be doomed ten times over if she didn't retain her own agency.
In a single smooth motion Root lifts her arm up and fires, shifts aim, fires again, shifts aim, fires again. She goes from left to right and hits every target dead center without changing position. It's just like if the Machine gave her five targets to hit; she hits them, unhesitating, unquestioning. ]
Nope, [ she answers his question, popping the spent casings out of her gun. ] I did fire a crossbow once. Kinda doesn't seem like the same thing.
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I couldn't disagree more.
[ The Machine itself is godlike, someone Root reveres as a god, but a big part of the reason for that is because the Machine always allows for human will. Harold had programmed it that way on purpose. She does what she can to protect the precious mortal flashes of life under her care, but ultimately, her calculating probabilities is not casting fate. Root herself would be doomed ten times over if she didn't retain her own agency.
In a single smooth motion Root lifts her arm up and fires, shifts aim, fires again, shifts aim, fires again. She goes from left to right and hits every target dead center without changing position. It's just like if the Machine gave her five targets to hit; she hits them, unhesitating, unquestioning. ]
Nope, [ she answers his question, popping the spent casings out of her gun. ] I did fire a crossbow once. Kinda doesn't seem like the same thing.