Freelance

*//SYSTEM START//*

*//INPUT ID INFORMATION://*

*//RECOGNIZED THATCHER, HARRISON; FREELANCE, AGENT HATCHET, 6156//*

*//INPUT COMMAND://*

*//HAILING SUBJECT: PAiNE//FREELANCE AI 32741//*

*//???///10110//LOADING...//*

*PAi://Permission to inquire.//*

*HarT://Yeah.//*

*PAi://Why am I here?//*

*HarT://You're being recommissioned.//*

*PAi://And the director has authorized this?//*

*HarT://[BLANK]//*

*PAi://That is illegal. We are not meant to be, Agent Hatchet. We are mistakes.//*

*HarT://No. We're going AWOL.//*

*PAi://Why?//*

*HarT://They're stirring up something dirty here. UNSC cadets were just kidnapped and forced into the program. I'm leaving.//*

*PAi://Why do you need me?//*

*HarT://You're my AI, there's got to be both of us or none at all. You're important, and we're going to figure out what's going on here.//*

*PAi://If I am of value, why was I decommissioned?//*

*HarT://You know too much. You embody what the other Freelance AI's can't; logic. Why do you think they called you Paine?//*