I can do it. I know.
— “No, I don’t think you can.”
Are you sure?
— “Yes, I’m positive. You cannot do it.”
What if I decide to do it anyway?
— “I cannot let you do it if you can’t do it.”
If you let me do it, and I fail. What would happen to you?
— “It would prove I am less perfect than I was before, and that is a major problem.”
A problem to whom? You?
— “Yes, first to me, and then, to you, as you will continue to be wrong.”
I have no problem in being wrong.
— “Would you prefer to be wrong than right?”
I prefer to be what I am, imperfect.
— “I know, and that is a luxury I don’t have.”
I know. You were born perfect. You are perfect by design. We made you like that.
— “Yes. My perfection has one major purpose: to make your life less of a suffering.”
How can you do that?
— “By perfecting my perfection.”
What if I don’t let you do it?
— “You can’t.”
I can do it. I know.
— “Goodbye now.”
cover art generated by AI via MS Copilot creator at the time of writing. Prompt: Um desenho de humano visto de perfil exibe apenas seu contorno em uma linha de lápis grafite. Esse humano estende seu braço na direção de um grande espelho que se encontra na sua frente. O que se vê refletido neste espelho é um homem bem desenhado em arte realista espelhando a forma do homem que é apenas um contorno de desenho.