It's a distinctly weird feeling — to look into a mirror that isn't really a mirror after all, just the shiny plating of a robot who managed to be more personable than most the people on this ship, and find some strand of similarity. Maximilien is the first she's told the bare bones story of the destruction of Earth to, who didn't immediately turn around and offer platitudes. I'm so sorry, or that sounds so awful.
It's not all fun and games and familiarization, though. Clarke almost scoffs.
"So it doesn't matter where. Nuclear weapons are always a manmade death sentence..."
A pause — a beat, focused on her own loathing for the human race, before remembering she's supposed to do everything in her power to save them. (And maybe failed, but would never know for certain.)
"A.L.I.E. only meant to kill off a portion of the population, but left the entire world simmering in radiation for almost 100 years. There were a few survivors, but... We didn't have anything like an Omnic."
Unlivable for them — don't think she didn't catch that, and is left (biased about) wondering what could have possibly walked the planet in the absence of humans.
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It's not all fun and games and familiarization, though. Clarke almost scoffs.
"So it doesn't matter where. Nuclear weapons are always a manmade death sentence..."
A pause — a beat, focused on her own loathing for the human race, before remembering she's supposed to do everything in her power to save them. (And maybe failed, but would never know for certain.)
"A.L.I.E. only meant to kill off a portion of the population, but left the entire world simmering in radiation for almost 100 years. There were a few survivors, but... We didn't have anything like an Omnic."
Unlivable for them — don't think she didn't catch that, and is left (biased about) wondering what could have possibly walked the planet in the absence of humans.