Interim 1: An Echo
Interim 1 "Why did you kill the I'mprint?" A deep, hearty voice asks as I continue scribbling down on the notebook. "Kill it? I just broke a hard drive..." I respond nonchalantly, eyes focused on the task. The low hum of a computer's fans and the scratching of a fountain pen on paper were the only sound for several moments in the tiny room. "But it hadn't done anything wrong. Couldn't you have just talked to it and calmed it down? Powered it down gently?" I chuckle, set the pen down within the book and close it over. "It's an I'mprint, Canis. What's the difference between shutting it down and breaking the hard drive? Either way it's gone and not suffering in a twisted form anymore." Professor Canis is staring into my eyes, impassively. His short, brown hairline blends with his sideburns and beard seamlessly. Those golden eyes, framed by a tangled mess of wavy brown locks, burn gently like a distant s...