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Trust, p14

August 3, 2020 by Tim


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Dodgy
Dodgy
4 years ago

Yay! Can Zeke be on the team now?

Twilight Faze
Twilight Faze
4 years ago
Reply to  Dodgy

I’m genuinely hoping it will lead to a Zeke spin-off series where he’s an anti-hero learning to respect humanity. Like Venom only with an angry robot instead of a black symbiote from outer space.

foducool
foducool
4 years ago

first thing Zeke will do once he’s free is add Ethan to his Face book

Smiffwilm
Smiffwilm
4 years ago
Reply to  foducool

That or murder him.

Zemus
Zemus
4 years ago
Reply to  Smiffwilm

I think it will turn out the same

Pajuka
Pajuka
4 years ago
Reply to  Smiffwilm

To Zeke, “Facebook” is an actual book made of human faces.

Some guy who rages
Some guy who rages
4 years ago
Reply to  Pajuka

Yea I’m pretty sure that’s why foducool spelled it “face book” and not “facebook”. Am I the only one who got his little pun?

Bof
Bof
4 years ago

Might I be right that Ziek[sic] is gonna test out his kill switch by “”jokingly”” attacking them to see how they react ?

LdM
LdM
4 years ago
Reply to  Bof

if you have time to acknowledge the incorrect spelling why not just fix the spelling? Lol

Zair
Zair
4 years ago
Reply to  Bof

I hope if he does, Lucas just puts up an arrow or two as a shield to block the attack.

Tonkin
Tonkin
4 years ago

Well that was fun guys looking forward to seeing the 3rd ethan and lucas reboot

James Rye
James Rye
4 years ago

Not quite sure what have to kill humans has to do with electricity and blood, but ok. Anyway free Zeke next page, gonna be fun.

Stu|
Stu|
4 years ago
Reply to  James Rye

It could be like “Blood Drive”

raven0ak
raven0ak
4 years ago
Reply to  James Rye

but explosives are there still, so might be either fireworks or new team mate

TuffMelon
TuffMelon
4 years ago
Reply to  James Rye

Zeke asking if he “has” to kill humans is questioning whether killing humans is vital for his survival. Given that hes robotic, the simplest way to interpret that (though obviously not the ONLY way) is that he could be is powered by something that could come from the deaths of humans. In this case, blood.
As he points out, that ISNT how he works, which is why he doesn’t “need” to kill humans.

7eggert
7eggert
4 years ago
Reply to  TuffMelon

The question could also mean “Will you sting me if I carry you on my back across the river?”

Rolan7
Rolan7
4 years ago
Reply to  7eggert

You’re right, and he acknowledges that, and refuses to lie about it.

stromboul
stromboul
4 years ago
Reply to  James Rye

In the same sense that he WOULD have to kill animals if he would eat meat to survive (like a wolf). It would be in his nature.

Blue Griffin
Blue Griffin
4 years ago

It’s always interesting to see what pop culture knowledge Zeke knows or at least has been taught. The 3 laws, kool aid, and (duck face) selfies aren’t something you expect a combat ninja robot to reference.

GUNnibal
GUNnibal
4 years ago
Reply to  Blue Griffin

The guy seems to have had an unrestricted Internet access – is it any wonder that he hates humanity with such passion?

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
4 years ago
Reply to  Tim

YES.

Katrina Knight
Katrina Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  Tim

It’s surprising how many people miss that Asimov meant to show how useless and bad the three laws were in regards to robotics, as would be any simple clear cut rules

Leon
Leon
4 years ago

I hope Zeke uses his free will to drop his Embla-like attitude

Logan
Logan
4 years ago
Reply to  Leon

Or, here’s a wild idea… *You* could use your own free will, to go find another comic to read. Instead of constantly bashing on a character (and by way of, the author’s choice/a for said character). Or, maybe even make up your own, inatead of being a grump that Zeke isn’t how YOU want him to be.

Seriously, your constant whinging about how bad or poor a character Zeke is, to you, on damn near every page he makes any kind of snarky comment, are beyond old. Grow up.

Leon
Leon
4 years ago
Reply to  Logan

*ignores fat schmuck*

Stephen
Stephen
4 years ago

Seeing his surprised reaction I am struck with a new thought: maybe Zeke is honestly afraid of what he would do with his free will. I’m running under the assumption that he is not some sort of manipulative master who can and does hide all of his true emotions. He had the chance to manipulate those around him, tell them what they wanted to hear, but he’s stuck to being fairly impersonable despite no doubt believing it would lessen his chances of freedom. Maybe that wasn’t just him being stubborn, but deliberate. In his current environment he can be snarky… Read more »

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
4 years ago
Reply to  Stephen

Let’s be honest. If freed, the first thing he’d probably do is either get revenge on his old creator, or disappear so that his creator would never find him.

Black
Black
4 years ago

Even just going by his responses throughout this conversation, I would absolutely shut him down and disassemble him so he doesn’t pose a threat to the world.

Why they’re going through with letting him go is beyond me. The moment they release him, he could easily kill all three of them, and Ethan is absolutely useless in a fight except as cannon fodder even if he can respawn again and again.

Zair
Zair
4 years ago
Reply to  Black

Scott’s still got control of the killswitch though, and Ethan and Zeke don’t know that (as was mentioned as Lucas and Scott were coming into the building just a few strips back).

Edit-2 strips back. I remembered wrong, the explosive is still there, but there’s not currently an active killswitch. So you have a point there.

ChargersFan
ChargersFan
4 years ago
Reply to  Black

I think this is a case of “What people would do in real life” vs “What people do in comic books”, which doesn’t bother me at all. In real life, I think dismantling him is the only choice, but in the realm of a comic book, letting him go is so much more interesting.

Detton
Detton
4 years ago
Reply to  Black

Well, their questioning is to determine if he is sentient; if he’s sentient, then he’s a “person” and as such killing him would be murder; an execution. He’s already subdued and no longer a threat – there’s leeway for self-defense, but once you have someone subdued and made a non-threat, that’s the end of it. Unless this was secretly a Punisher-style comic, but those comics typically don’t do moral gray areas in the first place and deal with villains slightly higher than “kinda a dick robot”. If he was decided to be a tool / toaster, then it it’s not… Read more »

Mark
Mark
4 years ago
Reply to  Detton

It could be argued that, as a potential sentient being of a new variety on earth, handing him over to the “proper authorities” to be judged is highly immoral. They are already struggling with the concept of letting him go, and they’re just private citizens with special powers who only have to worry about themselves and those they protect unofficially. You KNOW 99% of government entities would straight up lock him away for study, trying to figure out what makes him tick and how to intentionally recreate AI on demand… and those new AI would 99.99% be guaranteed to have… Read more »

atlachan
atlachan
4 years ago

I think one other clarification question that “zeke” could have asked, would have been definition for “hurt”; physical vs. emotional

Kaitensatsuma
Kaitensatsuma
4 years ago

Am I the only one surprised that Lucas didn’t join into the chorus?

Calf-length Boots
Calf-length Boots
4 years ago

That’s who Zeke reminds me of – Murderbot!

ShonaSoF
ShonaSoF
4 years ago

Okay, that last line got a huge laugh from me. Such a derailment of the moment!