His voice was gentle, but his words made him sound like an executioner whose blade could fall at any moment.
"If you heard me, move your eyelids. I know you can."
The humanoid girl stared fixedly at him.
But finally-
She managed to move her eyelids within the Data World.
Lynn smiled enigmatically and slowly released the hand clamped around her throat. That was merely how it manifested in the Data World; within the Data Network, he was slowly loosening his control over this Intelligent AI's consciousness.
The next moment-
The Mechanical Girl landed on the ground, the Data Chains on her limbs clattering down with her. She fell onto her backside, gasping violently.
"That's a pretty realistic simulation."
Lynn crouched down, smiling as he studied this anthropomorphized "Light Banquet."
"So even after all this time, you still retain certain habits from your existence as Flesh Lifeforms, rather than fully mechanizing your conscious behavior as well. In that respect, compared to the purity you preach, you're not pure at all."
The Mechanical Girl slowly raised her head. Her eyes, flowing with digital radiance, fixed on the intruder before her. Her hair cascaded like a waterfall of light, making her look like a fallen goddess.
She didn't move. Her blazing gold pupils reflected Lynn.
And the resistance Lynn had expected never came. As though she had truly heeded his threat, she did nothing out of line.
That only made Lynn find her more interesting.
"That's not right. Shouldn't you be resisting? Isn't collectivism the principle that Machine Consciousnesses follow? Disregarding my words and doing everything possible to send out a signal about the intrusion-that's what I'd expect. You're rather different from the Mechanical Maidens I know."
He meant Silver Fantasy.
When they had first met, he had gone to enormous lengths