IN    THE    OLD    WORLD,    HUMANS    WERE    SAID    TO    BE    MADE    IN    THE    IMAGE    OF    THEIR    GODS.  while  most  humans  denied  them,  there  were  many  who  held  strong  beliefs  in  the  craft  of  higher  beings.  9S  had  read  through  old  documents,  about  how  humankind  was  created  to  be  a    copy    of  their  creator  â  a  real,  visible,  tangible  representation  of  who  their  god  was  and  what  they  were  really  like.
                       but  he  could  never  understand  how  they  would  ever  come  to  such  a  conclusion.  there  was  rarely  ever  any  depiction  of  a  godâs  physical  form  in  most  civil  archives,  leaving  9S-  and  many  of  the  people  themselves-  to  think  of  them  as  but  an  idea.  a  non-sentient  form  that  existed  without  a  body  in  which  humanity  held  their  belief.  in  contrast,  humans  came  in  all  shapes  and  models:  short.  tall.  wide.  thin.  bald.  light.  tan.  were  they  really  made  in  a  godâs  image?  or  perhaps  only  in  their  own.
the  androidâs  fingers  flex  and  textured  leather  stretches  over  synthetic  muscle,  tubes  and  wires  and  circuits  whirring  beneath  the  thin  covering  of  what  was  to  be  called  their  skin.  heâd  found  old  anatomy  articles  in  the  earthâs  transferred  database;  they  said  that  human  skin  covered  meat  and  bone.  they  had  blood  and  muscle  and  tissue.  not  oil  and  rubber.  thin  brows  knit  together  and  9S  stops  to  think.
he  thinks  of  what  it  was  like  for  humans  to  be  able  to    feel    things  on  their  own,  while  he  had  to  calibrate  his  own  sensors  regularly.  he  thinks  of  what  it  was  like  for  humans  to  be  able  to  feel    warmth    by  simply  being  in  presence  of  the  sun,  while  he  had  to  only  had  to  temporarily  stall  his  fans  or  vented  adapters.  he  thinks  of  what  it  was  like  for  humans  to  be  able  to  feel    cold,    while  he  could  only  feel  his  joints  lock  up  in  the  worse  conditions.
the  wind  starts  to  pick  up  and  heâs  running  his  hands  over  his  arms.  he  didnât  even  get  goosebumps.
                        IT    WAS    ALSO    SAID    THAT    MAN    COULD    NOT    LOSE    THE    IMAGE    WITHOUT    CEASING    TO    BE    WHAT    HE    IS.  9S  could  never  quite  figure  out  what  that  meant.  as  humans  were  crafted,  it  wasnât  only  their  bodies  that  were  being  created,  heâd  read,  but  also  their  sense  of  self.  who  they  were  and  who  they  would  become.  even  in  sin,  the  image  would  not  be  lost-  only  marred;  however  some  archives  depicted  their  higher  beings  as  imperfect  as  well,  as  they  also  fell  into  mischief  and  destruction  and  death.  so  really,  what  was  it  that  separated  them  from  humanity?
did  gods  ever  feel  the  cold?  were  they  ever  warm?  did  they  ever  feel  things  as  humans  did:  each  sensation  and  fear  and  desire?  such  things  were  never  particularly  distinguishable  to  him  â  to  any  of  his  kind.    â  Apparently,  the  feeling  of  excitement  experienced  during  combat  is  close  to  what  humans  call  âloveâ.  â    did  humans  ever  feel  such  a  way?  did  their  gods?
                        IN    THIS    WORLD,    ANDROIDS    WERE    MADE    IN    THE    IMAGE    OF    HUMANKIND.  they,  too,  were  bodies  crafted  in  the  image  of  a  higher  being,  with  a  sense  of  self  -  of  who  they  were  and  who  they  would  become.  akin  to  humans,  they  were  programmed  with  a  purpose.  they  were  created  with  the  belief  of  a  presence  higher  than  themselves,  a  presence  to  live  for.  to  fight  for.  and  like  humans,  androids  couldnât  lose  the  image  without  ceasing  to  be  what  they  were.
                       gods  and  humans  and  androids.  a  being  made  as  a  being  made  as  a  being.  the  differences  between  the  three  were  far  and  few  and  9S  couldnât  help  but  think  that  maybe  he  could  dare  to  assume  that  they  were  created  as  copies  of  humankindâs  gods  as  well-    for  what  separated  them  but  a  few  hundreds  of  thousands  of  miles  and  physical  make-up?
                       the  war  was  seemingly  never-ending  â  but  once  all  threats  are  eradicated  from  this  earth  for  humankind  to  finally  return..  perhaps  9S  could  ask  a  god  himself.
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