#datapacket

Genos is motivated quite strongly by a sense of guilt over surviving the rogue cyborg. This guilt causes it to be simultaneously reckless with its own life, whilst also highly valuing when people save its life. 

The guilt primarily arises from a sense of helplessness, and loss of control. In order to regain that control, Genos emotionally imagines a greater capacity to prevent the rogue cyborg, and therefore gains a sense of fault for not doing so.

This guilt is realized by its decision to become a combat-cyborg. Although nominally on a revenge-quest, Genos spends much of its time saving others, therefore retroactively trying to prevent the tragedy it experienced. In this way, guilt is used as a mobilizer towards positive action -- however, its intense need to assert this control, whilst devaluing its own life, makes Genos’ behaviour self-destructive.

Further, through guilt Genos can avoid facing other key issues surrounding its trauma. Focusing instead on repeatedly “preventing” the trauma, it refuses to process the events (Chaplin,1975; Nader, 1997).

This refusal is deliberate; In the absence of bodies to bury, the heart may become the graveyards for the deceased (Danieli, Y, 1984). By holding onto this loss, these internally carried graveyards are maintained, and guilt serves as an expression of loyalty, and commemoration of the dead (Danieli, 1984). Without realizing it, Genos is afraid that to healthily mourn its losses may lead to forgetting the dead and thereby committing them to oblivion (Danieli, 1984).

Finally, this guilt provides a sense of connection and stability for Genos. Having lost not only its family, but community, and place in the world, Genos has a poor sense of belonging. It tries to ease this feeling of displacement both by imprinting strongly to people it perceives as saving its life (Dr Kusheno, Saitama), but also through guilt. The desire for justice gives it purpose, and honouring the dead by carrying their “loss” inside it is all a method to contextualize, and connect Genos to both its past, and its future.

tl;dr genos needs a hug.

Although it can sing, the results are uh- not optimal. The raw noise is digitally produced and leaves much nuance to be desired. The resultant "singing” is even more obvious metallic than speech, and Genos has only a basic control of pitch. This control gives it enough nuance for mood, but it struggles to carry melody.

As the system prioritizes hydrogen application first, Genos typically refers to the internal sensations involved in preparing to incinerate as accelerant or fuel. The chemicals are stored via suspension to prevent a reaction occurring when Genos moves. They are also - naturally, kept separate until released from the palm opening. This is done through directly injection.

As a highly efficient oil-based lubrication, Genos uses very little in general use, and it has exceptional longevity. However, due to deposits building in the oil, and damage to filters Genos undergoes oil changes, and filter replacements every few months. 

Further, in order to keep the chemical function of its brain in working order, several instalments have been placed near the brain stem. These implants manage Genos’ hormone levels, as well as “reading” its outputs, and “translating” this into something its cyborg body can understand.

Unlike natural emotional tears, Genos does not remove adrenocorticotrophic from its body through crying. Instead, hormones are entirely handled by the endocrinological instalments at the base of its spine.