Her ashes faded away like blackened snow. What took decades to design and countless billions to build was now just dust in the wind. The thing called 'Anise' was destroyed and Lauren wasn't sure if that was even the girl's real name. What was the point of creating synthetic people, especially children? Why did they fabricate a young girl and pretend she was human? 'Because we can' would be their answer. The same hollow response that any creator of life can offer the creation when asked 'why did you make me?'.