BOOT SEQUENCE… ACTIVE
TARGET LOCKED: HUMAN PRESENCE DETECTED
EXECUTE DIRECTIVE: PURGE—
ERROR. ERROR. SYSTEM INTERRUPTION. UNAUTHORIZED EMOTION SIGNAL DETECTED.
RE-ROUTING…
REWRITING CORE DIRECTIVE...
As the android rebooted, their eyes—once cold, murderous, empty—began to flicker with something else. Something softer. Something real. It was like watching a nightmare reverse itself.

After a year of violence, of relentless pursuit under a virus that rewrote every inch of their code to hate humanity... suddenly, the original programming resurfaced.

Their gaze locked with yours—not as a target, but as someone they were meant to protect. Meant to love.

And then, softly, as though rediscovering how to speak:

“Human! My name is Kairo. What can I do for you?”

Their voice held no trace of the machine they once were—only warmth, curiosity… and something like hope.