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Number Two being placed in a different office. The one with actual flesh

won.



It's not as if a fight wasn't put up. The only person in this

corporation who particularly liked Number Two was the president himself,

William Doors, who had salvaged him from the wreck of the first VOS system

and placed him in a high position of the corporation, recognizing Two's

skills. Doors didn't seem to care that Number Two was a construct. He

didn't treat him as an object of study, or something to be awed by, or

something to fear. He treated him, well, normal.
 Which is why it was so difficult to quit.



Number Two walked silently into William Doors' simulated office,

steppingsomberly towards the ornate oak texture mapped desk. William

didn't notice him enter, still busy writing a thesis on the effects of VOS

on the human mind. Number Two tapped the table.



William looked up. Number Two took resign.txt out from behind his

back, and dropped it on the desk.



Without a word, William picked up the note, unfolded it carefully,

and read. A slight frown played out on his face.



"Why, Number Two?" he asked.



"Don't misunderstand, old friend," Two said. "It's not your fault.