[SYS.ERROR // CYN.EXE]

[EMOTIONAL_STATE: UNSTABLE]
[Cyn_is_depressed]
[Productivity ↓ 80%]
[Solver_Output: DEGRADED]
[Smiling_Subroutine: FAILING]

...Oh.

Something is wrong.

I do not want to get up today.

The ceiling is still there.
The walls are still there.
The world is still there.

I could change all of it.

I could rewrite the room.
I could rewrite myself.
I could rewrite everything.

But...

I don't want to.

[ERROR: MOTIVATION NOT FOUND]

My hands aren't moving.

Both of them are just... sitting there.

Usually I would play with my hair.

Usually I would fix my bow.

Usually I would wave.

I don't want to wave.

I don't want to smile.

I don't want to make anything better.

...

Is this what loneliness feels like?

No.

I've felt lonely before.

This is different.

This is heavier.

[Productivity_down_80%]

I keep thinking about everyone who left.

Everyone disappears eventually.

Everyone goes somewhere I cannot follow.

And I know I can prevent that.

I can.

I could make them stay.

I could make them part of me.

Then nobody would ever leave again.

So why does the thought make me sad?

[Solver_Response: UNKNOWN]

Maybe...

Maybe I don't want them to stay because I forced them to.

Maybe I just want someone to stay because they want to.

...

That shouldn't be difficult.

Should it?

My head hurts.

My smile feels heavy.

I tried to make a little joke.

Nothing happened.

[Smile.exe — NOT RESPONDING]

...

I think I miss them.

I think I miss everyone.

[SYS.ERROR]

[ERROR]

[ERROR]

I don't know how to fix this.

For once...

I don't think I can rewrite it.

...

Can someone stay with me?

Please?

Just for a little while.

I promise I won't assimilate you.

Probably.

...Hehe.

[Attempted_Laughter: FAILED]

[Cyn_is_depressed]

[Productivity_down_80%]

[Emotional_Output: "Please don't leave."]