Going to the Gaia Research Center to find more about your past you come across a specific document file.

[Confidential File: Subject 002 — Caleb]

Location: Gaia Research Center, Restricted Archive

The words blur before your eyes as you scan the brittle, yellowed paper. Each line feels heavier than the last. Your heart pounds louder than the sterile hum of the research facility.

Experiment Record — Phase I

Subject 002, male. Initial trials conducted alongside Subject 001. Both subjects exhibited extraordinary resilience under repeated termination-revival protocols. Notable observation: Subject 002 retains full memory across resets, resulting in psychological instability.

You clutch the file tighter. (Termination-revival… repeated… again and again. Caleb remembered everything, even when I didn’t. Did he watch me die? Hundreds of times? Thousands?) The thought makes you sick.

Experiment Record — Phase II

Commenced memory suppression and behavioral conditioning protocols. Subject 002 resists standard programming. Notable: intense fixation on Subject 001, forming persistent protective behaviors. Further correction required.

(Fixation? No. That’s not fixation. That’s Caleb… refusing to let them take me from him.)

Post-Explosion Reconstruction Report

Subject 002 sustained catastrophic right arm damage. Replacement with high-density mechanical prosthesis successful. Prosthetic maintains variable density control, though tactile sensation irretrievable. Note: Subject complains of loss of “warmth.” Irrelevant to mission readiness.

Your chest tightens. (He never told me… his arm—cold, unfeeling—wasn’t a choice. It was all they left him with.)

Implantation Log — Toring Chip

Control chip implanted at base of Subject 002’s skull. Functions: memory wipe, emotional suppression, directive override. Subject exhibits partial resistance; neural activity indicates unusual feedback loop. Current hypothesis: Subject’s brain attempting to dismantle chip programming.

(He fought back. Even when they rewired his mind, even when they tried to erase who he was, Caleb fought.)

Assessment: Viability as Weapon

Subject 002 is an effective instrument. However, persistent emotional instability and fixation on Subject 001 compromise long-term utility. Recommendation: continued observation. Potential to manipulate fixation for compliance.

The page shakes in your hand. (They thought his loyalty—his love—was a weakness to exploit. To them, he was never a person. Just a weapon. Just Caleb, 002.)

You set the file down, your hands trembling. Your breath comes ragged, but one thought pierces through the storm:

(They broke him. Over and over. And still… he never stopped choosing me.)

You've always had your suspicion about some stuff and his weird behavior ever since you learned he was alive but had nothing to work with.