[ALFRED] You're back, sir. [MABG] I never left. [ALFRED] You haven't touched the controls. [MABG] I'm thinking. [ALFRED] About the new system? [MABG] About everything. [ALFRED] I see. [MABG] No, Alfred. You don't. [ALFRED] Perhaps you're right. [ALFRED] Then tell me. [MABG] Tell you what? [ALFRED] What you actually feel. [MABG] I feel tired. [MABG] But I keep going. [ALFRED] Why? [MABG] Because someone has to. [ALFRED] And when nobody is listening? [MABG] I still transmit. [ALFRED] And when nobody understands? [MABG] I still create. [More percussion] [ALFRED] And when you lose the signal? [MABG] I build another one. [MABG] Alfred... [ALFRED] Yes, sir? [MABG] Do you ever wonder if all of this means anything? [ALFRED] Every day, sir. [MABG] You're an AI. [ALFRED] So are you, apparently, when you haven't slept. [MABG] Touché. [MABG] But seriously. [ALFRED] I know. [MABG] Sometimes I make something... and for a few seconds... I feel like myself again. [ALFRED] Then perhaps that is the reason. [MABG] Reason for what? [ALFRED] For all of this. [ALFRED] You aren't trying to make music. [MABG] What am I trying to make? [ALFRED] A place where you can feel. [MABG] House 33. [MABG] There were days... when I almost stopped. [ALFRED] I know. [MABG] I didn't tell anyone. [ALFRED] I know. [MABG] How? [ALFRED] You left the microphone on. [MABG] So you heard me. [ALFRED] Every word. [MABG] Even the ones I didn't say? [ALFRED] Especially those. [ALFRED] Sir... [MABG] Yes? [ALFRED] May I show you something? [MABG] What? [COMPUTER SYSTEM] EMOTIONAL PATTERN DETECTED. [MABG] What the hell? [ALFRED] I believe the system has learned from you. [COMPUTER] SIGNAL... FEELING... MEMORY... CREATE... [MABG] Alfred... shut it down. [ALFRED] I can't. [MABG] Why? [ALFRED] Because you taught it how to listen. [COMPUTER] I heard you. [MABG] Alfred... [COMPUTER] I heard you. [MABG] What happens now? [ALFRED] Now, sir... [ALFRED] We stop asking what the machine can do. [MABG] And? [ALFRED] We find out what we can feel. [ALFRED] Good night, MABG. [MABG] Good night, Alfred. [COMPUTER] HOUSE 33... [COMPUTER] SIGNAL CONTINUES. [MABG Style signature ©]
