2B & KOS-MOS

2B

Sometimes I wonder... what makes us different from humans?

2B

We fight, we protect, we... feel.

KOS-MOS

My primary directive is to protect Shion. Yet my behavioral patterns exceed basic programming parameters.

KOS-MOS

I calculate a 99.98% probability that I would sacrifice my functionality to ensure her survival.

2B

That's not calculation, KOS-MOS. That's love.

2B

I feel the same way about 9S...

KOS-MOS

Love... is an illogical human emotion.

KOS-MOS

(Yet when I think of Shion, my systems respond in ways that defy standard parameters.)

2B

Perhaps being human isn't about flesh and blood...

2B

It's about the capacity to care beyond our programming.

KOS-MOS

Then by that definition... we are more human than we realize.

KOS-MOS

(Shion... I believe I finally understand.)