themainframe | MEMORY SEQUENCE 002

[The camera cuts abruptly to a view from the roof of a building, giving a panorama over one of the bridges and the river of the city. How the D-Terminal's owner got up to such a height is unknown, but who it belong to becomes obvious when Armadillomon shuffles into view. He pokes his nose over the edge of the roof, looking a little green.]

I don't know why you had to carry me up here... Couldn't I have just waited on the ground where it's safe?

[Then there's a brief glimpse of Connor's hooded face as he sets the D-Terminal down, perching himself on the edge of the rooftop. Apparently the multi-story drop doesn't make him flinch in the least.]

There. [The camera is angled toward, in the distance, Tokyo's Statue of Liberty.] Look at the tablet she is holding. It has a date on it -- "4th July, 1776".

[This means nothing to Armadillomon, who is only looking more anxious.] All right, now you've seen it, can we get down?

Wait. [He places a hand on Armadillomon's shell, as if to soothe his nerves.] I wish to know the meaning of the other date. "14th July, 1789". [Now his attention is on the D-Terminal, which he glances down to.] Is anyone able to tell me? And why is such a statue in a place such as this? It should not belong in this world.

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As I have said, the date on that statue is the date they declared independence. They have been their own country for more than two centuries, in your time. Others have confirmed this to me.

Has it ever occurred to you that others might just be fucking with you? I'm no historian, but I'd have learned that much in school if it were true.

It seems to me as though your schooling has been negligent in its purpose. How can you know of the colonies but not of the States?

'Cause they're still English territories? They're not independent, whatever they declared.

What? But how is that possible? The war was turning against the favour of the British, before I was taken from it.

[She'd better not be the one messing with him, because seriously.]

[Alas, no, she's just from a weird world. Also not exactly a good student.]

War? Wait, just when are you from?

1781.

[He feels like he's going to be having this conversation a lot with people...]

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Oh. Bloody shit, I hope telling you this doesn't cause a time paradox.

A what?

... Explaining would be too much work.

Anyway, why did you think the rebellion was turning against them?

The British have sustained major defeats, Chesapeake the latest amongst them. Monmouth before that. Even now Washington leads his forces to Yorktown; I do not doubt he will claim victory. As for the British, the cost of sustaining a war in a faraway land is crippling them at home, and it is becoming less and less practical to maintain a grip on the colonies.

Do you think, in the face of all these circumstances, that they could win the war?

I don't remember anything like that, but I didn't like history class anyway.

But, England has all the alchemic knowledge in its libraries, while the colonies were way behind. On sheer resources and level of equipment, we were way ahead, and in the end, the Church sent in some saints to clean up. By my time, the rebellion is thought of like a joke.

[...That does it, she definitely has to be stringing him along.]

Countless men and women have died that they might attain freedom from the oppression of the crown! This is anything but a joke.

"Oppression"? Didn't it start over tea or something? The colonies picked a fight with the richest superpower in the world over the price of tea, without even bothering to try to get assistance from India or something.

[She's completely serious, sadly. Someone shouldn't have slept through history class.]

[He stares, still in disbelief.]

It is clear to me you talk of matters in which you know nothing. Educate yourself first, and then we can return to this discussion. And next time, do not invent nonsense stories.

[He reaches for the D-Terminal, and the feed cuts.]

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