Alice seemed somewhat self-destructive, but the Red Queen spoke slowly.
"No, you far exceeded their expectations. The clones were even more human than those humans!"
This time, Alice said nothing. She merely turned to look at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo did not try to comfort her again. He simply gave her an encouraging smile. He knew Alice needed some time to fully accept her origins, but he believed this would not be too difficult for her.
Alice seemed to feel the strength contained in Chen Mo's smile, and the heavy expression on her face gradually eased. She merely needed some time to get used to it. After all, until not long ago, she had believed herself to be a normal person. Then, in the blink of an eye, she had become a clone. No one could completely accept that immediately.
Just as Alice turned back around, the Red Queen spoke again.
"You still have one last thing to do."
Alice froze at that and asked in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
The Red Queen said nothing more. The projection in the air vanished, and the projector Alice had placed on the stone split open above its surface. A contact lens rose from within.
A beam of blue light projected upward once more, passing through the contact lens and casting image after image into the air. Alice looked up and saw that they were all scenes from Alicia Marcus's childhood!
The Red Queen's voice rang out.
"Alicia Marcus downloaded her memories for you before she died!"
"Merge the childhood you never had with the person she was never able to become!"
Alicia Marcus clearly wanted to make up for Alice's regrets, using her own childhood memories to fill the blank experiences of Alice's past.
At the same time, Alice, possessing her