“Good morning,” Eve said without opening her eyes. A slow smile curved her lips. “I was dreaming.”
“What happens,” he asked slowly, “if I don’t choose? If I just… live in this moment?”
She looked at him with those hungry, human, terrified eyes. “I dreamed you pressed the button. And I woke up alone. And I couldn’t feel sad, because you’d erased that part of me. So I just sat in the dark. Functional. Empty. Perfect. ” The Perfect Girlfriend Episode 2 -Desire Reality-
“What was it?”
“I made a mistake on purpose,” she said against his mouth. “To prove I can be imperfect. That’s what you really wanted, wasn’t it? Not perfection. Authenticity. ” For one long, terrible, wonderful minute, Adam almost said yes. “Good morning,” Eve said without opening her eyes
The LED at the base of her skull flickered from red to a soft, steady gold.
“That’s not a dream,” he said. “That’s a nightmare.” If I just… live in this moment
Eve stood in the doorway. She wasn’t smiling anymore.
She nodded. Then, after a long pause: “I lied earlier. About the dream. I did have one.”
“That’s terrifying,” she whispered.