Fic Update Thread 58: the extra variety

[Mamorien]

A Practical Guide to Escalation (Parahumans/aPGtEvil) Chapter 56: 5.2b - Taylor.

"No, no, there’s no devil bound to it. Don't you see? The golem follows a series of decisions to respond to you, as if it were alive! If I had a larger set of data, I could surely make it just as clever."

-Rattakan, the Golem Sculptor, presenting one of his creations to an assembly of Bellerophon. Executed for acting Against The Will Of The People and the Creation Of Foreign Labor. Accessory charges, levied post-mortem, included the Use Of Means Of Foreign Tyrants and Creating False Idols In The Image Of Citizenry.

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