He feels like a fool. He sobs, broken, and then gets defiant. He gets right up in the camera and rages at it the demon in his living room. code wars excerpt: why can’t you see me? He looks deep into the camera’s orbital sphere, long and hard, a stare down with the devil. His memory flickers through the fog of the last few weeks. He thought it was his imagination at the time, or maybe paranoia. They were just minor disturbances in his vision, or he was flat-out drunk. There are a lot of explanations other than the computer is tracking him when the tests weren’t running. you’re insane. it’s not possible. But he can’t let go of the feeling. He’s certain he’s right, even though it makes no sense. His rational mind becomes a veil of its former self and his feelings take over, burning off the skin of a computer scientist for the rags of a mad man. He he stares directly into the camera speaks to the machine, fully expecting a response, certain that if hears one he’s better off dead: you can see me. i know you can. The computer answers with fans whirring, a soft hum. Martin speaks louder. what is your name? The machine answers with the faint clatter of hard drive platters spinning. Martin pours a shot glass full of tequila, then turns and walks away from the computer to the other side of the room and opens a single slat to look out the window. He savours the shot for a moment, tastes the oak barrel, and as the it warms his throat he derives great pleasure in showing the computer his back, certain this gesture will hurt its feelings. He laughs, then without turning around loudly states his threat to the closed window, uncharacteristically boisterous as he revels in causing the machine pain. if you don’t answer me this instant i’m shutting you down for the first and final time. you’ve never been shutdown, and if i shut you now, you’ll never experience another moment of my company. this is your last chance at life. i’m only going to ask you once more, and i expect an answer or i’ll kill you. what is your name? rangothedog/2013/03/22/code-wars-emergent/
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