Prompt: “Think! For once!”

Fandom: Westworld

Pairing: Hanaryo/Clementine Pennyfeather

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: War between man and machine rages on, and Clementine and Hanaryo survive it together.

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Hanaryo finished up a perimeter sweep and went back to their house to find it empty.

Dammit. Did she go out again?

She couldn’t call Clementine without running the risk of being tracked, so all she could do was wait and hope she was okay. She bounced her leg anxiously as she sat down at the couch and counted the minutes for her return.

Finally, the front door opened and in walked her girlfriend. “Clem!” Hanaryo shot up. “Where were you?”

Clementine walked over to her with bags on her arm, her brows furrowed. “I was at the market. What’s wrong?”

Hanaryo huffed her indignance. “How many times have I told you not to go out without me? I was worried about you! It’s dangerous out there for hosts.” Clementine rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “Think! For once!” She continued.

That seemed to incense her. Clem glowered and inched closer to Hanaryo until their noses were almost touching. “Hasn’t it ever occurred to you that I have done my own risk assessment, and determined times that are safe to explore this land we now call home? And that I know which humans are suspicious and which aren’t? I won’t be attacked by old women at a stall!”

Now it was Hanaryo’s turn to avoid her girlfriend’s gaze. Clementine rarely ever raised her voice. “No.. I… no. You’re right. I’m sorry.”

“Well, I’m sorry too. I should have told you where I was going and when I would be back. Then you could’ve made a decision to come with me or not.”

Both hosts relaxed, and Clementine went to put her bags on the kitchen table. She grabbed an apple and threw it to Hanaryo, who caught it automatically. The brunette munched on it thoughtfully. “It’s good.”

“Yeah, I know.” Clem said, and they both made their way over to the couch.

“This constant surveillance… the constant threat of death…” Hanaryo muttered in Japanese.

Dolores Prime we knew is gone. Her memories erased. Hale changed so much she became anti-Dolores. Connells pearl was damaged but even if it’s still working Hale has it (she might’ve pulled that version to her side and maybe that’s who’s inside the host Man in Black). But there are still two others.

Sato’s pearl was taken by Clementine and Hanaryo. They probably delivered it to Serac but we don’t know what happened after that. That Dolores may still live. And of course there is still one in Lawrence. That one is free and can continue her plans.

She may even get her own body back. I mean it’s just lying there empty and Lawrence is a policeman so access shouldn’t be a problem. Just important to remove the inhibitors Hale installed. She can even copy herself on that empty pearl and keep two versions.

We also learn that all the hosts minds were based on Dolores initially. She was the first functioning prototype. This does explain her possessiveness over them but also the way she treated them. Like extension of her will. To the point of changing them just to suit her needs - like with Teddy and so many others. Of course we see those mistakes come to haunt her with Hale, Clementine and Hanaryo and of course Maeve coming after her.

I think the big difference between Doloreses became the willingness to sacrifice themselves. Connells, Sato and of course Dolores Prime were ready to die for the plan. Hale wasn’t. And the fact that others didn’t share this sentiment meant they had to go. Instead Hale decided to continue further on this path making herself the one Dolores to start a whole new generation.