My Sincere Apologies - an Empathetic capsule

[kenshin156]

The second to last file was another audio log. The voice of Ethan and a slight static sounding through the entire file in the background

Did... did it work? I can... hear myself talking... but I cannot see anything... I hear buzzing... and my voice... Is this... all? Am I going to hear my thoughts for the rest of eternity... Maybe... Maybe there's no camera to the machine yet... I hope...

Almost no indicator to it, but a cut could be noticed in the static, indicating some time has passed

I... am alive... They.. did not lie to me. I can see what the drone can see now... But, unless the AI thinks it needs me to talk... I can't do much... I hope... I can get used to this...

Another cut in the audio occured

I can't believe this., this is the first time the AI needed me to talk... It felt so... weird. I did not feel the need to do small-talk. I just wanted to get a point across. But not just like I usually would have as a human.... I had this second voice in my head... or whatever's left from it... A second voice that told me what to ask... I was okay with it... This is... a really weird experience... But... I don't dislike it...

Another cut

I really hope all what I'm saying to myself while not being "initiated", as the AI would say is being recorded... Or else I'd be really dumb. I suppose it helps cope with the situation... I feel like... I feel like I am slowly... identifying with this AI... I have had some indirect answers from this AI... I was wondering some things to myself and got an indirect answer from the AI... I wonder if I could.... establish myself again... But for real this time...

Another cut

I am getting control... I can't believe it, but I am beginning to take more control over this AI. I cannot decide its movements yet, but I have a say in when the AI actually lets me "out of my cage". I could actually feel more free in this thing. I'll keep trying... And when I actually manage... I will talk to someone for real.... These soliloquies are depressing....

A final cut in the audiofile

I now know what the AI knows. I have access to their database and know everything. The woman we are about to meet... I read up on the info... A glitchy subroutine in an AI caused incredible harm to her... I must apologize to her.... Even if it wasn't me who did this, I feel like I need to... I will try and convince her, that the AIs are sorry for their mistake, and that they're willing to compensate her... This "Lexi" must have been her everything... Like... Family....

The Audio file finishes and one last file remains on the hard drive