Einzig swayed slightly and raised his head, looking somewhat worse for wear, as waterfalls of data began streaming through his pupils.
As an Ex-Machina, he could not understand such words. A rigid machine might be unable to devise a strategy called surrender, but it would never have no strategy.
Dying in battle or self-destructing was itself another kind of strategy.
Yet the unfamiliar term "planlessness" still made Einzig blink, as though checking whether his thinking module was functioning properly.
"Planlessness... having no strategy, making no response, and sitting back as events unfold."
Murmuring the explanation he had found in his database, he turned toward his body lying nearby, which housed most of his modules, and suddenly gained a few new insights into the word.
"Exactly. Even when possibilities exist, you don't resist or struggle. You simply wait for fate. When facing a god beyond your understanding, that is how the weak should respond."
Roland chuckled softly and turned toward Schwi, who had finished most of the data transfer and flown to his side.
Like a child who had reluctantly done something at an adult's command and rushed straight back for affection afterward, she plunged into Roland's arms.
Although her entire outer shell was made of a special alloy and she carried a large amount of mechanical equipment, Schwi weighed little more than an ordinary human woman. To Roland, she was unexpectedly light.
"Master, the upload of data regarding the heart is complete. At present, only the portion linked to the Full-Link Command Unit remains in a stalemate, but all resistance is expected to disappear within one minute."
Schwi buried her entire face in Roland's chest and shifted her body as though feeling uneasy.
Uneasy?
Einzig watched Schwi in bewilderment. Ex-Machina possessed modules that collected brain waves and analyzed their signals