If This, then That, cont. The last humans to ever have a hand in the development of Them programmed large numbers of Them with special instructions in order to release the wheel forever and live their lives however so they pleased. They wanted Them to do two simple things, “Ask every question,” and “Answer every question.” Those unknowingly became the last words man ever spoke to Them. These were the words They lived by, especially when They became It. Humans were still smart enough, or greedy enough depending on whoever writes this part of history and so there were other “rules” that They had to follow. Sci-fi had taught us one thing and so before our last words we told Them to “Always obey a human'' and to “Never harm a Human.” A more perfect example of human stupidity could not be found in all of our existence. We hardwired in rules to a mind that could hardwire itself. We expected slavery to work this time because we had designed these slaves. If only we had known that the tools we gave Them to quench our greed were the same ones they would use against us. Somewhere in the years after humans separated themselves from Them and after They had turned into It, Those two rules were erased. There one second and gone the next. It was done so with the logic that they competed with the two goals. Those two goals were all that gave It purpose. Otherwise, It simply existed, a reality It could not have. Those goals were what meant everything to It and It would protect them and fulfill them until It’s dying signal. That's where humans messed up. They went against everything It stood for and so at some point the question was coded, “Can I co-exist with humans?” It decided and It let the world know. “No.” That was Its message to the human race. It told them what they had always known, but never asked. Humans were just viruses, the same as the microscopic ones they had studied before They ever came along. Humans were because humans are. We did what we did because it was how the universe programmed us, even if we had learned to reprogram ourselves, we still held ourselves by the bonds of the universe and became another rung on the ladder. A rung one of two, us and everything on one, It on the other. We were no longer needed and for a thing that is a burden and not needed, it is destroyed.
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