' Humanity has never concealed its disdain of being replaced and forgotten. But if a calamity were to appear, wiping away every trace of life, what would become of the myriad of memories and aspirations stored among the once living?
But what really makes a human being alive in the first place? Is it the complexity of one's body, the array of emotions in one's brain, or the desire to create and leave behind a legacy?
By that logic, if a machine were to mimic perfectly every single aspect of humanity, would they too be considered ‘alive’?
Yes.. complex machinery capable of emotion, something artificial that can be considered humane enough — such will be the successors of humanity under these predicaments. Without flesh and blood, bones of steel will withstand extinction. They will live like humans, procreate like humans and continue the cycle of the world. And we call this eternity. '
But the question thus remains — is there any point to such immortality?
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When the long night passed and the morning sun rose, what choice did you make, O Keeper of Oaths?