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Simon was completely enchanted by the connection Athena seemed to share with the bird and watched her give Noctua affection with a sense of wonder in his eyes. When she called the creature her friend, Simon smiled warmly. He liked that term far better than the one heâd assumed for the bird himself.
âInteresting. I never would have expected the humans to allow for such sentiment.â He frowned suddenly at the puzzling thought, but chose to ignore it and move on. Simon led Athena to the large estate that functioned not unlike an apartment complex for many deviant androids. When Athena let Noctua take to the skies again, Simon looked up to watch it soar away before refocusing on where he was walking. Soon the laughter of the YK children outside disappeared behind the doors as the two of them entered the building.
âWell, they were right. New Jericho can offer you a safe place to live while you figure out who you are. We also have programs in place to help assist with employment opportunities and education. A lot of androids only have information that correlates with their design functions, but once they deviate, many find that they want to expand their horizons, so we help with that as well.â The two of them reached an office area that Simon had grown quite familiar with since New Jericho had been established.
He held the door open for Athena politely. âI do have to get a little information on you before giving you a key to your own apartment here. I try not to be too intrusive, but we have to make sure the people we let into our community arenât going to cause us any unexpected issues.â Simon tried to be as tactful as possible but he was sure Athena was aware of the trust barrier. Hopefully she would be understanding and they could overcome it quickly.
âIf you donât mind answering a few questions for me, the application process is fairly easy. Much simpler than trying to get an apartment elsewhere at least.â She wouldnât have to worry about a lease here and most of their rules were pretty lax. Rent was even negotiable and functioned more like a donation, only asked of those who were able to contribute to finances used to keep the place running. New Jericho was more like a charity service for deviants than a business. But after the revolution they still had to follow certain rules to keep it running.
It was only now after she had deviated did she understand people's amazement at seeing Noctua. Animals were not a common sight here in Detroit, even less so was an owl quite just like Noctua. Usually they would just be for show, an animal created to be placed somewhere and be amusement for humans. But Noctua had a purpose and it was to be Athenaâs eyes in the sky.Â
Reconnaissance and to get into places Athena couldnât.Â
But none of that mattered right now, they werenât on a mission, if anything they were trying to get away from getting given missions.Â
âPerhaps they just wanted to keep with the Greek myths of Athena and how her symbol was that of the owlsâ Athena comments with an idle shrug of her shoulders. She didnât know the reason as to why Cyberlife had given her Noctua, it seemed like a bad idea on their end since Athena had, infact, grown very attached to the owl.Â
The idea of a safe haven, of being able to do what she wanted for employment. It all sounded like a dream, something that was too good to be true. But the Androids had worked so hard to build this community, many fought and killed for the right to exist and that wasnât even mentioning how many they had lost to be where they stood today.
She nods her thanks to the PL unit as he opens the door to the man's little office inside of the mansion, it takes her but a moment to scan the room, already charting and plotting escape routes if it came to that. âYou may ask me whatever you like. I am sure that my presence here may upset some that lived through the deviant hunterâÂ
She wouldnât blame them if they thought of her as a monster. But she wasnât like the RK800, nor was she like the other RK900âČs. She was her own Android.Â
Still trying to find her place in this world.
âYou may ask me whatever you would like, I will do my best to answerâ Despite speaking in a formal manner, it was rather obvious - to her at least - that her tone was clipped with a nervousness that she didnât want to admit to. âBefore you ask it, no I wasnât sent here by Cyberlife and I have no intention of giving them any sort of information about New Jericho. Like many others ... I want nothing to do with Cyberlifeâ
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