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These automata are cursed with the burden of finding meaning in a meaningless world.

And so are we.

Euphoria in having even the cold 2B by his side. Averting his gaze from the truth of her mission. The juxtaposition of loss. Of knowing pain. The call of revenge promising a righteous end. Allowing it to become his treasure.

“There’s no meaning to any of this”
“Everything should disappear”
“Why did you kill them?

9S’s fight dialogue, perfectly mirrors the machine of route A, Eve, who was robbed of his treasure: his brother. 9S was the same. Companionship. Scanner models are made to work alone.

She has finally paid everything in full. The hole is gone. The world is beautiful.

Right up to her last moments, all she thinks about is helping the one in front of her. She defeats 9S and without hesitation chooses to eliminate the virus at the cost of her life. She destroys the machine’s missile aimed for her moon, her desolate, empty, symbol of yearning.

She has failed another of her comrades, and becoming an object of hate is her atonement. 2B’s final words, a curse, she continues to sin. She seeks forgiveness for the murder of the king, in helping pascal. She can’t bring herself to kill 9S.

She must pay for her mistakes, she must be punished, she must continue to suffer. She chooses martyrdom every step of the way. The player wonders, “why doesn’t she just tell 9S the truth?”
It’s only another sin to atone for. Forgiveness is a luxury she doesn’t deserve.

A2 treasures her comrades.
She is the perfect commander, a leader who exercises perfect judgement, a pragmatist. She fails. She is supposed to fail. Once abandoned, she is haunted by her treasure. In its place, comes another: atonement.

Desire only amplifies. The “hole” multiplied in size. Each YorHa member, longs, aches, to hold the moon in their arms. Those on the surface can only reach towards the sky in vain, those in space can only live vicariously through those that get to experience the world of their creators.

The Yorha, a disposable force, have been created to prevent androids from giving in to despair. Their treasure, humanity, is gone. They seek only self annihilation, not unlike their sworn enemies. What then, happens when you build androids, with the hearts of machines?

The androids have been given one prerogative: protect, love, and serve humanity.

**MAJOR SPOILERS NEXT**

A2, an android.

When faced with despair, unable to reach the object of their “heart’s desire”, the world loses meaning. Only one answer remains: self annihilation. Their most human quality.

The machines find god, family, love, hate, sex, philosophy, violence, and each twisted variation that exists within these ideas. They need a “treasure”, a purpose, a raison d’être, to feel complete, to escape the gnawing hunger of the “hole”.

They search desperately to fill this void, this “hole”. Anything to satisfy the “hole”, they are said to mimic humanity.

Subjugate humanity. Through this pursuit they become curious. What is human? They stumble upon a simple idea. Self Determination. The first decision is to reject their progenitors. Once it is cast away, the network is unstable.