Adam released his bandages to free Diana and Shae, and as the two of them watched the little girl disintegrate into specks of light before vanishing into nothingness, their hearts suddenly began to throb.0

"Did we really just destroy something so beautiful?" Shae asked with a pained look in her eyes.0

"No, that was nothing more than an underlying illusion that her creators implanted in her mind to prevent her from going out of control."0

Having conducted a great deal of research into blank slates, Adam knew far more about them than the average person did.0

Each blank slate had a set of underlying logic, as well as basic memories and instincts to ensure that they were capable of basic human functions.0

Of course, there were also some that didn't have any of those things, but that could very easily result in them...0