Big O Fan Fiction ❯ Normal ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

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Normal. What is it?

It is easily defined. The software father gave me can give an exact definition;

nor·mal (P) Pronunciation Key (nôrml) adj.
Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical.

But what is it truely? How do humans clasify normal? As an android, is this a concept I can never grasp?

Roger tells me to act normal, but what is it. Is it to act like he does? Or maybe act like that women, Angel, does.

With so many others out there, what normal standard should I adhere to?

I have seen people on the streets, hungry and in need of shelter and heat. Is that not their normal, to be homeless and hungry.

What of those women who sell there bodies for a profit? Is degrading themselves not normal? The have become accustom to doing so, so how can it not be normal.

Is being normal simply being who you are? If so, how can I be normal? Who is myself, what is my pattern? Can I ever be normal?

But, am I not already myself? I do not know who else I could be. Even if I have taken the real Dorothy Waynewright's former image, she is not who I am today. I can not be her, even though I use her form.

Yet I wonder, what was her normal? Was it calling someone a louse? Was is tending to fathers whim? What would her normal be if she lived on?

Is normal just a pattern? Something you do, without even realizing you've done it again? If so...

Yes, I do have a normal. Calling Roger a louse is my normal. Helping Norman is my normal. Standing by all of them is my normal.

I am my normal.