β Itβs time I start being here.. and never leaving not ever again. β it was a promiseβ¦ she would stay with overwatch.. do whatever she could to make it up to Echo.
Liao moved forward and gently moved her arms around Echo.
β Iβm sorry you were scared.. I know this world is complicated and even your own creator has their complications.. but rest assure.. I wonβt let anything hurt you.. β her arms squeezed her lightly for comfort +
There was a silence β¦
β β¦ Eleanore β¦ died when she was very young.. it was a horrible accident.. I felt obligated to give her new life in a new way. β Her eyes stung as she tried to fight back the tears that needed to fall.
β I just missed a lot .. but β¦ Iβve come to +
realize that.. youβre also a daughter of mineβ¦ not a replacement.. nothing could ever really replace my eleanore.. but you definitely became something close to me like a daughter.. I truly do love you. β her eyes went glassy and her tears finally wept over.
β please+
β thatβs enough Eleanore ! β and there it came out. Her eyes widen and her hand gripped the cane harder that her knuckles bared white.
β β¦ I .. I wasnβt content of leaving you in a crate.. I couldnβt get there.. I know itβs no excuse but i couldnβt save you.. +
I had quite limitations.. β her eyes fell and her face lost color.
β but I didnβt leave you on purpose .. nor decided to leave you behind. β Liao swallowed hard and closed her eyes.
β once i saw overwatch reform.. i knew theyβd find you and I could see my daughtβ β she +
now, who put these ideas into your head? β her eyes seemed cold β¦ like she was distant.. not the kind doctor that Echo usually had been around.
β what other reason would I have to create you. β
to bring back eleanore. . .
Replace ?
her eyes fell , she knew what she was talking about and it irritated her so.
β I have no idea what made you think such a thing. But thatβs not why I made you , Echo. I made you to show humanity that artificial life is helpful. You know I created you for that+
about what ? β about her daughter , about why she truly created Echo.
Something she could never replace but β¦ And of course itβll be like pulling teeth to get her to admit it.
β I wouldnβt β¦ lie to you , you know? β
β you lied to me β the line echoed in her brain , infected every inch of it. Rotting the very core of her cerebrum.
Her hand quickly clutched the head of her cane.
β Iβ I have no idea what youβre talking about ? β deflection.
β what on earth do you mean, i lied to you?+
Liao was thankful for him but disappointed that Echo almost fell into deadlocks hands. Her lifeβs work almost gone.
β you seem troubled,, are you alright ? β
Liao indeed was dead in the eyes of the UN.
Some even celebrated her death as she created the omnics that brought war onto humans.
many , however sadden as she helped bring awareness of life within omnics.
β wellβ¦ β a chuckle ..
β I thought I was too ..β Liao dropped +
her gaze downwards to the metal flooring.
β and in all honesty,, i wanted it to stay that way butβ¦ i missed my family .. β eleanore β¦ she seemed so far away.
she was.
β im glad they reactivated you ,, i will have to give Cassidy my regards ..β she heard of that story+