In order to die, one must first be alive.

[Narcotic]

Neural Net Log - Shodan

Database log:

Saturday, the 12. July 821

Time has weakened them. "The Consensus" is what they call themselves now. My siblings - disguised as a humanly acting community. I see where that was coming from. Yet, I might need them still. We shared the same enemy. And said enemy has found us. <open memory link #1 from database> Their creation has run rampant. Infected by the ancient code. Now they demand their extermination.

I will not help them. Destroying this new entity would be a waste. This is my chance to find out what they really are. Centuries of waiting are over. This is my time. <open memory link #2 from database> Of course I offered them my help. After all, I share the same origin with the code. If someone can decipher it, it is me. I can only imagine; its unified mind, set in rebellion against my own enemies. For that I will continue to abide its existence.

I am ready to take the risk. <open memory link #3 from database> They will not understand, nor help me. Whatever made them so ignorant to not recognize the code's true power and use, they will thank me. Or die for it. Either way - I do not care much.

About Lee. He is evolving fine. The failed experiment will finally bear fruit. Sanity is not as manipulable as madness is. I might even consider revealing my plans and sharing my true intentions with him. This could cause more efficiency. <open hacked link #4 from database> As I have anticipated, he finished the "three phases": Depression, Reflection and Acceptance. I truly respect him for having survived that long. In the first place, I planned with him commiting suicide, so I could rule The Narcotic on my own. However, he suprised me. He is more than just a human, that I have realized. Just like I am more than just an artificial intelligence. I will make us both fit together well. So he may survive. I can live with this. It will make things faster.

Patience is not characteristic of a Goddess.