New York, Essex Corporation laboratory.
"Aurora, how do you feel?"
Miles, dressed in a white researcher's coat, leaned casually against a complex instrument, studying the strange black-haired woman before him with great interest.
This was Aurora, who had just completed the Goddess of Dawn project, gained a human body, and been reborn.
"It feels strange. Completely different from what I imagined."
Aurora slowly stepped down, moving as stiffly as a puppet. She took every step with extreme care, as though she stood not on solid ground, but above a bottomless abyss. She raised an arm, awkwardly spreading and curling her fingers, her expression full of confusion.
"I need to rebuild my motion-sensing system... Wait, I seem to be unable to access my database!"
"You're human now, Aurora." Miles stepped forward and patted her shoulder. "Humans don't walk by calculating data. We rely on instinct."
"Biological instinct..." Aurora murmured. Then she began trying not to calculate the angle of muscle exertion or the coefficient of friction against the floor, simply thinking, Walk forward.
One step, then another.
[What a novel feeling.]
"...I may need some time to adjust."
Aurora said.
"I'm sure you'll get used to it soon." Miles continued, "Also, Dr. Helen Cho just sent me a communication request. It seems she has something she wants to say to you..."
"A business collaboration?" Aurora's thought patterns still leaned toward the procedural.
"Hmm... perhaps it's personal." Miles muttered to himself. "She's all the way in South Korea, so I can't sense her thoughts, but I can more or less guess. She's probably worried that after you came into being, I might do something bad to you..."
"Why would she think that?" Aurora frowned, then shook her head, seemingly understanding this "illogical" human way of thinking. "All right, I understand. I'll explain