"I feel as though emotions are cumbersome because... they bring up unwarranted thoughts. Unnecessary memories. They affect your decision making... and end up putting you through more pain than not." [i]She shook her head when the being suggested deleting his emotions.[/i] "In a way, I don't want emotions precisely [i]because[/i] they make me alive... I've a feeling that I don't deserve to be considered alive. I'm a feeble excuse for a living organism, if anything... not truly alive, for I'm merely a computer in a flesh and blood body. "... but you should keep your emotions. At least, that's what he told me."