Connor knows that there are things that keep you up at night, and sometimes it's hard not getting caught up in your own little universe. Contains: Implied Relationship, Comfort, Introspection, Advice You know how sometimes you have one idea and then a character kind of takes over for you and it goes a way you weren't expecting but ended up really liking? That's kind of what happened here lol. Honestly I'm not even sure if this concept and the things that Connor talk about make sense or are that comforting, but I feel like there are different ways to comfort, and sometimes they can come out like this. Regardless, I hope you all enjoy! ~Audio Transcript Below~ Connor: I thought I might find you up here..... -pause- -chuckles softly- What am I doing up? I could ask you the same thing..... -pause- I did come out of sleep mode when you got out of bed.....however I thought you just might be using the bathroom.....when you didn't return after a while.....I went looking...... ....and found you here...... -pause- I would much rather stay......that is.....if you're amicable to that...... -pause- I may be a Deviant.....but you know as well as I that I still don't 'sleep' as humans do. -long pause- Of course.....thank you.... -shuffling- -long pause- -chuckles softly- "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" -pause- It's the title of a dystopian science fiction novel from 70 years ago..... The Blade Runner movie series started in 1982 was based off of it...... -pause- Sometimes I wonder how the author would have reacted to the androids of today.......it's quite poignant really..... -pause- "What does it mean to be empathetic......and whether that allows someone to be valued as a living thing....." -pause- But no, I didn't come up here to wax philosophical to you about 70 year old novels and their relevancy today.....just as I suspect you did not wake out of sleep and settle out here to listen to it..... -long pause- I could make an educated guess as to what brought you out here.....but at the moment.....that's not quite as important as to being here for you..... At least in my mind..... -long pause- I know that you... struggle.....that you beat yourself up about not doing enough.....about how lonely you are.....about how sometimes you feel like a failure.....even to yourself...... -pause- The things that keep you up at night....whatever they are.....are not insignificant..... -pause- There are nine billion other people, human and android alike on this planet......all with different lives, different struggles, different hopes and dreams..... We are all simply our own tiny universes bumping against one another for what is a brief speck in the grand scheme that is the existence of the universe....... -pause- There are some small little universes that orbit one another.....or fall out of orbit only to come back.....or....fall out of orbit completely....... ......the vast majority of these little universes we will never even encounter.......but that doesn't mean that they don't matter..... -pause- Look there......do you see the cars driving down below......and there......the lights in the windows clear across the city? -pause- Signs of life.....other little universes..... And isn't that a glorious thing? To know that even if our universes never touch theirs......that we are not truly alone in this world? -long pause- I suppose what I'm getting at is that we cannot truly know the contents of these universes.....we do not know the circumstances of their lives.......what keeps them up at night...... -pause- I believe that the Earth would be a better place if we were to lead with kindness.....and an understanding that it is impossible to fully understand the 9 billion other universes out there....... But that does not mean that we should not try...... -pause- And that includes kindness and understanding towards our own universes..... -pause- I know that's an oversimplification....that there are evils and wrong doings done in this world not out of fear or loneliness or necessity......but out of ignorance and malice and grabbing for power.....and sometimes it feels as though there is nothing we can do to stop that..... But I think ....that if we were all to agree that just because our universes are different, it does not mean that any one universe is better, smarter, more correct than the other.....and to lead our lives with kindness and understanding first......with open minds and open hearts.........perhaps the world would be a better place...... -long pause- Look at the stars......many of them are the same stars that living things saw with their own eyes thousand upon thousands of years ago......and there will be people who look upon them thousands upon thousands of years into the future..... We are all connected..... -pause- It does matter......because for the time that our little universes are here.......we're all doing our best to just.....make it through..... -pause- And at the very least I can say with confidence that you are trying to make it through with the best intentions...... -pause- And you will struggle.....and make mistakes......and fail.......but you will also triumph......you will make the right decisions.....and you will be able to sleep through the night..... -pause- And kindness.....grace.....it all can start here......from your heart...... You don't have to forgive those who wronged you......but you can forgive yourself...... -pause- And I think that's where you need it most now....... And that's also why I'm here...... Because your universe matters to me...... -pause- Count the stars with me? -long pause- Oh what an amazing thing it is to be alive.......