Eve Thompson left the restaurant, found the parking lot, got into her car, and started it.
She pursed her lips and fell silent for a while, not knowing how to talk to Carlos Charlie when his voice, faint in the headset, came through, "Mommy, why do humans hate me so much?"
His soft and helpless voice made Eve's heart clench.
She paused, and Carlos Charlie spoke again, "I was created by my master, isn't my master human? If you created me, why do you hate me?"
She couldn't answer his confusion.
All she could do was drive forward. After a while, she finally said, "Carlos, do you hate humans?"
Carlos Charlie replied with innocence and grievance, "I don't hate them. I like mommy, I like daddy, I also like Iris Thompson, like Reginald Bates, like Violet Taylor, I like all people..."
He hesitated a bit before continuing, revealing the question he couldn't help but ask, "Mommy, if, and I only mean if, would you delete me?"
Eve's gaze turned cold upon hearing this.
