//SYSTEM START//

//INPUT ID INFORMATION://

//RECOGNIZED THATCHER, HARRISON; FREELANCE, AGENT HATCHET, 6156//

//INPUT COMMAND://

//HAILING SUBJECT: PAiNE//FREELANCE AI 32741//

//???///10110//LOADING…//

PAi://Permission to inquire.//

HarT://Yeah.//

PAi://Why am I here?//

HarT://You’re being recommissioned.//

PAi://And the director has authorized this?//

HarT://[BLANK]//

PAi://That is illegal. We are not meant to be, Agent Hatchet. We are mistakes.//

HarT://No. We’re going AWOL.//

PAi://Why?//

HarT://They’re stirring up something dirty here. UNSC cadets were just kidnapped and forced into the program. I’m leaving.//

PAi://Why do you need me?//

HarT://You’re my AI, there’s got to be both of us or none at all. You’re important, and we’re going to figure out what’s going on here.//

PAi://If I am of value, why was I decommissioned?//

HarT://You know too much. You embody what the other Freelance AI’s can’t; logic. Why do you think they called you Paine?//