CD 16-4679

[Therapist George Aloe]
I got another message from the techs at the Pizzaplex. I'm afraid it’s about you again. The techs have been struggling to fix some serious glitches with the robots. I'm not sure what exactly is wrong, except that it's making the robots more eerie than entertaining.

You like that, eerie instead of entertaining? Thanks, but it’s really not that funny. Apparently, the glitch extended beyond the robots. It went system-wide. It began infecting all the machines and, when the text traced the glitch back to its origin, it led them to you.

And I'm not going to pretend to understand everything I'm reading here, but what I get is that the system-wide glitch was like a cascade that was broadcasting a very dangerous message. While the techs were trying to reprogram the system to remove the glitch, the source of the glitch shifted.

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not all that familiar with computer programming, so I might get this wrong, but what I understand is that the glitch stopped being a glitch and turned into an intentional set of subroutines that were aimed at creating the same thing the glitch created. Those subroutines seem to have come from you. Can you explain that?

Listen. I'm on your side here. Our sessions are just between you and me. The techs can't prove what they think so you're not in trouble. I just thought you could tell me what you’re trying to do. Maybe if we could get to the bottom of that it could help you. What do you think? Still not talking? Alright. Well then let’s do this.

Why don't we talk about the research I did in your past, shall we? Some therapists think they should only focus on information they get from their clients but, some therapists, like me, think it’s helpful to find out about clients from other sources.

Wanna guess what I found out when I looked into the tragedy of your past? All that stuff about your parents? You aren't even gonna look at me? Fine. You can look at the floor all you want. But it won't change the fact that none of what you said in your file about your parents was true.

The truth is, you had great parents, a great childhood. Why did you lie? Look at me. Tell me why you lied. You-- well, I can understand why you might feel angry about the way I just confronted you. Why don't we come back to this another day. You’re shaking your head as though that's not going to happen.