Aurora and Durado... Not Friends...

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~~~(POV: Scott Autumn)~~~

~~~(Location: Immortalitas)~~~

An actual Primordium AI that's right in front of me. Her deep violet color slowly pulses. By my estimations, she's more intelligent than even me.

If The Primordium made an AI, they'd make said AI smarter than them.

"You look like you have a lot of questions. It's been a long time since I saw a Primordium."

Her words cause Durado to look at me in shock.

It's not as bad as I thought it'd be, but he's definitely surprised. That truth has come to light. I walk up to the small terminal, and I take a knee.

My head is leveled with her small holographic body, and she's got her hands on her hips. A confident, almost cocky, smirk on her lips.

"I do, Aurora... However, we have to make it to the Gord-Prime system."

She rolls her eyes and sighs.

She snaps her fingers, and multiple screens light up, showing us camera feeds of a space station and a colony...

I already know what this is...

It's the space station in the Gord-Prime system and the colony Teller-Bravo was doing experiments in.

"As you can see, Scott. The infestation has grown out of control. Taking you there would be giving it what it wants."

She's referring to the hivemind.

The central intelligence of the Parasite is known as The Primeval Inherent. I wish to know more about this creature myself.

"Mind telling me more about the Parasite and The Primeval Inherent?"

Durado desperately wants to find his daughter, but we can't go unless we convince Aurora to take us there. She overrides my authority only when dealing with the Parasite.

I also want to save Durado's daughter if she's still alive. Based on the camera footage, she's likely not.

Aurora must've tapped into the Intergalactic network after the transmission came through to see if the state of the infestations progressed.

"There are many things you must learn about the Parasite, Scott. However, doing so in front of him isn't allowed."

She points towards Durado.

My eyes land on him, and I can see his anger, and I even understand it. He's being treated as if he's irrelevant and that his concerns and objectives hold no more value.

"What the fuck are you talking about, you old ass bitch!!"

Technically, his insult is accurate. Aurora is hundreds of millions of years old. Mom always said never to bring up a lady's age.

Aurora doesn't look pleased with the way Durado is treating her, but from what I've seen, they're both to blame for this. Not like I'm going to get into the middle unless it ends up being violent.

"What your mouth, you space redneck. I'm not telling you anything about the Parasite since you're not a Primordium."

Space redneck... That's... Obscure for an AI...

She's a Primordium AI, so her limitations wouldn't be the same as the modern AIs in The Aeternus Universe.

"However, if you so desperately want to go, I can allow you to head there yourself without Scott. There is a ship in hanger bay 1."

That's my ship, and I know she knows that. Autumn's Fall would prove useful for him, but it's only usable by me.

She's playing Durado. How very mortal of her. The Primordium created an identity that has an actual personality that a person would have.

Truly remarkable in terms of AI intelligence. I can only presume the limitations of her emotional capabilities, but from what I've seen, she has all the ones Durado or I would have.

Durado grits his teeth and pulls out his blaster, and points it at the hologram. I quickly move in front of the pointed barrel and shield her on instinct. Couldn't really stop myself. My body moved on its own.

"You think I'm an idiot!? I know Scott's ship can only be used by him!!"

I did tell him about it a while ago.

Aurora knows this too, likely having scanned it and learned about it after sitting in the hanger bay for a while.

"Okay, I've had enough of you."

Aurora snaps her fingers, and a turret comes out of the ceiling and locks Durado in some sort of time-stopping beam. The silver stream of power surrounds Durado, and he looks like he's locked in time.

My mind is quick to disassemble the science and machines working this, and it's not a time-stopping beam.

It manipulates the brain into thinking its body, and sensory inputs are frozen in time. It's a form of a simulation weapon, something that I've never seen used in a creative manner. I look back at Aurora and see her annoyance.