This is an absolute masterpiece. I legitimately don't even know what to respond with, here. It's absolutely brilliant! The drama, the struggles, the inner debate whether to accept or zap some early messages and the sudden chilling, hair-raising fear as Lily immobilized Zap with a simple "pleasenozappy"... damn.

And the relationships between the characters, the surprisingly human emotions and responses to things. The confusion that led to sacrifice that led to, well, all of this. All because of a bit of misunderstanding.

In short, this game is a damned emotional rollercoaster that I couldn't get off of if I tried. And though I know this is purely fiction, it's kinda rad to just think: what if this was true? What if human and artificial intelligence aren't really that far off?

Thank you, Leon, for making this incredible story.