27: Separation of Siblings
Kurt and Lina came home. Lina still did not speak. She hadn't spoken the whole way. As soon as Lina got home, she went to the kitchen and waited there. She was doing nothing; just leaving it out the window. Did it make any sense to do anything? It didn't make sense for him to think he was a robot or a human after the last case.
As soon as Kurt got home, he went down to the basement. For both of them (whether Lina was a robot, human, or whatever) being alone was the best option for them. Kurt calmly went down to the basement. He sat down at his desk in the basement and put his hands to his head and began to think. Had he done the right thing? Asking a question that is difficult for even yourself to answer, knowing that you can't answer... Would it be right to trash a robot that caused a lot of trouble make and replaced his sister? Maybe what Lina did was his own fault. Maybe he did something wrong while making the robot...
"Kurt is a man who has always blamed himself before anyone else. He's always been like that," Paul said, taking a break from telling the story. Then, he hurried to the kitchen to go to the bathroom.
"Aren't you going to continue?" asked Eric. By this time Paul had already passed Eric's seat.
"Ask your journalist friends for more. They know better than I do," Paul shouted from behind.
Eric opened his tablet. He typed 'Schutz' into the search engine. There was a news that had been made a week ago. He took out a cigarette from his pack in his pocket. He was just getting ready to light it, when the maid of the house came and said that he could not smoke in the house. Eric, who could not smoke at home, went out into the garden. He also took his tablet with him.
There was some wind outside. Because of this, he had a hard time lighting his cigarette. He thought about what had happened as he smoke his cigarette. Having such an end after all that power, money, connections and success... After taking the first smoke of his cigarette, Eric opened the news he found inside the house and began to read. The news included police reports and drew a general framework. However, he did not give details. Eric tried to visualize the event from the news he had read.
Lina was sitting by the window, looking outside. She had nothing to do. Because she still hadn't decided what to do. Would he stay as a robot and serve Kurt? Or should she keep trying to prove to Kurt that she's human? Even if it went on, did it make any sense? It was proven that he was no longer 'legally' human. Besides, there was nothing he could do if Kurt didn't let her. 5 Principles forbade him to disobey his command. She could only not abide his word, unless there was a interpretation mistake in the 5th Principle as well. She couldn't do anything but hope that there was a bug in Lina's software.
Lina stood up. But his face was still turned to the glass. He watched the street while sitting and watching it standing for a while. Then, she lost his balance and fell to the ground. She was receiving an error signal from his right leg. Looking at his right leg, he realized that it had been severed from her. She crawled back a few steps. Then she looked behind him. Kurt was standing, an axe in his hand. His eyes were teary and his hands were shaking.
"What more do you want from me! The shares are yours, you won the case. Didn't you get everything you wanted?" cried Lina, frightened (if it could be called fear).
Kurt continued to stare at Lina without answering. Then he lifted the axe from his hand and slammed it into Lina's head.
After Eric finished smoking his cigarette, he went inside. A part of the news he had read left question marks in his mind. The report said that Kurt was found hanging by a rope in the stairwell in his house. Why did Kurt commit suicide? That's the only person who could answer that question.
Eric entered the room. Paul had already taken his place. And Eric sat across from Paul and the painting and asked, "Why did Kurt commit suicide?"
"You're pretty fast, I see, journalist," Paul said.
"I may have run out of patience. You know there is still a lot of news to be done," Eric replied.
"Well then, let me answer. According to Kurt, Lina's inability to prove she's human indicates that Kurt is a bad engineer. I guess Kurt though like that ."
"So he committed suicide because he thought he was incompetent."
"True,"
"What was that last question? Why couldn't Lina answer?"
"Question isn't Turing complete. She can't answer that."
Eric leaned under the seat. Then, he thought for a while. Everything became clear today. "Now everything is 'complete'. Including why you moved the seats today," Eric said. Then he pointed to the painting with his finger.
Paul nodded. He walked over to Eric and said, "Exactly," and left the room. Eric watched the painting alone. He had nothing else to say.
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