#alan one

Alan-One, are you there?

Well, of course you are. Somewhere. I know it as sure as my own name. Somewhere beyond these walls, high above the MCP’s clutches, beyond the world you tasked me with saving, somewhere, you’re there. Waiting. Calling me onward.

I’ll be there as soon as possible. Bet on that. They haven’t broken me yet, they’re trying, but it won’t happen. They will never break me. I’m gonna break them first. I’m gonna break out of this place, fly down the road like a bit out of the recycling sector, get to that I/O tower, and answer your call. The system will be free again. This I know for sure: with your help, I can face any enemy, any corruption, any MCP.

It hurts, yes. I am often weary. But though they drain my resources, put me on the rack, deprive me of energy, force me to fight my fellow programs again and again and again, I will not be broken. I will fight through it, and I will prevail. You equipped me to do that, and it’s for you that I fight.