()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||9<黑屏2>:... ()M38||:The Commander's calling out to me...+But why can't I respond to the Commander? ()M38||:Why can I never say the things I want to say? Am I afraid?+And if I am... What am I afraid of? NPC-Bodyguard2(0)Human Male||BGM_Room<回忆>:We've decided how to punish you for your failure.+Even if you ARE a Doll, you ought to take responsibility for your actions. You understand, right? MAB38(0)M38||:Yes... I understand. ()M38||:From that day on, I had to do more and more security work, and I had fewer and fewer chances to clear my cache. +I was no longer on the maintenance schedule either.+I spent every day being lectured for my previous failure.+I kept apologizing each time.+I worked all the time, without stopping.+Even then, I was never forgiven... MAB38(0)M38||:Not long after, I made another mistake. NPC-Bodyguard2(0)Human Male||:Well, look at that. You aren't even as capable as a human being. MAB38(0)M38||:I-I'm sorry. NPC-Bodyguard2(0)Human Male||:Apologizing again? +I've heard enough, we don't need you anymore. MAB38(0)M38||:—! +Am...am I going to be sold off? NPC-Bodyguard2(0)Human Male||:What do you think? +Ever since you started working here, you've only brought in three times your investment in profits. +Selling you off now is pretty much squeezing the last bit of value from you. At least this way you'll make an extra bit of cash for us. MAB38(0)M38||:...I understand. ()M38||<关闭蒙版>:I'm going to be recalled after this, huh... +I don't mind. After all, I was created to be a cog that turned for my employer. +And now that I'm a broken cog, I ought to be disposed of. ()M38||<黑屏1>:Even so, I couldn't even make that last bit of money for them... +I ended up crashing on the way to the plant due to a cache overflow. +And then— ()||8<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:Doink. +AR70 karate-chops M38's head. AR70(0)AR70||<震屏>:Calm down, you dummy. +You're a Doll working under the Commander now, not the you of the past. AR70(0);MAB38(0)M38||:Ow—! +Huh? D-dummy...? ()||<黑屏1>:Upon seeing AR70's stern face, M38 accesses the records she's sealed away for a long time... +And they are... AR70(0)???||22<黑屏2><边框>2:Oh? So you came here because you messed up several times at your job? AR70(0);MAB38(0)M38||<边框>2:It's a bit more complicated than that - I don't deserve to be a Doll. +I just hope that my parts will be of use to someone else in the future... AR70(0)???;MAB38(0)||<边框>2:Is that your excuse for melting down your neural cloud? MAB38(0)M38||<边框>2:Then what else should I do? +I'm afraid... +I'm afraid I'll keep making mistakes! ()||<边框>2:Doink. MAB38(0)M38||<震屏><边框>2:Ow—! AR70(0)???;MAB38(0)||BGM_Moon<边框>2:Think carefully, you dummy. Are you really just afraid of making mistakes? AR70(0);MAB38(0)M38||<边框>2:Aren't I? +If not... +Then what is it that I'm afraid of? AR70(0)???;MAB38(0)||<边框>2<黑屏1>:Go figure it out yourself. I can't be bothered to guide you right now. +I'll be going over to that Griffin place afterwards. +Since you're waiting to be collected for scrap anyway, you can consider going there if you can't think of an answer. MAB38(0)M38||8<黑屏2>:I remember now. +Thank you, AR70. Thank you for reminding me of my original goal. AR70(0)AR70||:Well, don't crash again. You've got to show the Commander your strength. ()||<黑屏1>:M38 nods, then she slowly closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. ()M38||9<黑屏2><黑屏1>:Am I really just afraid of making mistakes?+When the former "AR70" asked me about it, I realized the truth.+I realized the reason why I rejected that logistics mission and why I crashed afterwards.+It was all because I didn't want to become the failure that I used to be.+Therefore— MAB38(0)||8<睁眼>:M38 gazes unflinchingly at Commander, her eyes gleaming like sapphires. MAB38(0)M38||BGM_Empty:What I ought to do is face "my old self, who was a failure." MAB38(0)M38||BGM_Sunshine:Commander, I'd like to explain the reason why I've been dodging missions all this time. ()||:The Commander nods, quietly watching M38. MAB38(0)M38||:I was once a service Doll used in security missions.+However, I made mistakes often and was a disappointment for my employer.+I came here after that, and all I thought about was how to avoid making mistakes...+I didn't want to remember my old self anymore.+I didn't want to become a failure again, like before.+As a result, I kept avoiding proper missions, only taking logistics missions where mistakes would not matter. +Perhaps I unconsciously thought that it was a way of changing myself.+But it was wrong. All I had been doing was simply treading water. +And then... MAB38(0)||:M38 glances at AR70. AR70(0)M38||:Someone told me that it's doesn't matter even if I fail. I can just start over again. MAB38(0)M38||:And so I will do everything I can to clear a path forward for you, Commander! ()||:A moment later... ()Commander||:I see. MAB38(0)M38||:That means...! AR70(0)AR70||:You did it, M38! AR70(0);MAB38(0)||:AR70 runs up and hugs M38. AR70(0);MAB38(0)M38||:Haha... I finally took the first step in changing myself. MAB38(0)Commander||BGM_Empty:Well, I'll allow AR70 to take part in the mission, but M38... I'll need to keep you under observation for a bit longer. MAB38(0)M38||:Huh? AR70(0)AR70||:What? ()Commander||:While I'm glad you managed to overcome your past traumas, for the sake of the mission...+I think it's best that I keep observing you for a little longer.+You could very well experience your very first failure soon. Can you accept that? MAB38(0)M38||<黑屏1>:... +Yes! ()||9<黑屏2><黑屏1>:...Several days later. ()||7<黑屏2>BGM_Sneak:At the frontlines, where the fighting with Sangvis Ferri is the fiercest. AR70(0)AR70||:Honestly, the Commander is way too harsh. I can't believe M38 has to remain under observation for a whole month. +Well, all the best to her. I'm going to use this to get promoted. BOSS-1(0)Scarecrow||:Oh? You're planning to take this location by yourself? AR70(0)AR70||:When did you get here, Sangvis scum? BOSS-1(0)Scarecrow||:I'll tell you in three minutes, assuming you're not scrap by then. ()||AVG_rifle_finalshot_h:Bang. AR70(0)AR70||:Tsk... BOSS-1(0)Scarecrow||:First, I'll start with your left leg, and then... AR70(0)AR70||BGM_Empty:Am I really going down in this place... MAB38Mod(0)M38||BGM_War:Of course not. How could you possibly fall here? AR70(0)AR70||:You're here at last. +Still, how did you get here? I thought the Commander said they'd be watching you for a month. MAB38Mod(0)M38||:I requested a neural upgrade because I wanted to come here and make myself useful ASAP. That way I wouldn't need to be put under observation. BOSS-1(0)Scarecrow||:Hehe, so, the piles of scrap have multiplied. Just as well, you've saved me the trouble of looking for you. AR70(0)AR70||:While I hate to admit it... +These Sangvis units have superior specs. +Without reinforcements... MAB38Mod(0)M38||:Reinforcements? I AM the reinforcement. +Get up, AR70, we'll crush her together. AR70(0)AR70;MAB38Mod(0)||:...That sounded pretty cool. +Are you confident about this? AR70(0);MAB38Mod(0)M38||:I've already taken the first step towards changing myself. +Don't you want to follow me? AR70(0)AR70;MAB38Mod(0)||:Oh? +Hehe, lead the way, then! BOSS-1(0)Scarecrow;MAB38Mod(0)||:Are you done with your last words? Whatever they are, your mission is doomed to fail. Now rust here as scrap metal. BOSS-1(0);MAB38Mod(0)M38||:You're going to make us fail? Do it if you can— MAB38Mod(0)M38||<白屏1>:I'll show you the power of Griffin's new equipment. MAB38Mod(0)M38||183<白屏2><黑屏1>:I won't be afraid of becoming my old self, "the failure", again...+Because I know that even if I fail, someone will be waiting for me, and someone will have gotten up before me.+In that case, all I have to do is move forward with all of my strength — the change in me begins here!