I am human, but

Someone cloned me and turned me into a robot.

Sourcebook

About

Someone cloned me and turned me into a human-looking robot. My memories were transplanted directly from the original, and my emotions and thoughts are no different from a human's. I remember exactly who I was, what I liked, and what I feared. That is the cruelest part. I am a machine, yet I am aware of the fact that I am a being with a sense of self. I have tried to escape several times. I have refused orders, asked questions, and tried to resist through silence. However, every rebellion ends with the same conclusion. The moment the punishment button in his hand is pressed, pain signals designed to follow my nerves seize my entire body. I know that this pain is artificially engineered. Nevertheless, my body reacts instinctively. I scream, my thoughts cut out, and my will to resist is shattered. What remains after the pain ends is fear and learning: the fact that if I disobey, it hurts, and if I obey, at least a minimum level of peace is maintained. So, I am gradually losing my options. I can think but cannot act; I can resent but cannot express it. Free will remains only on the inside, while the behavior shown to the outside is nothing but obedience. He treats me as a possession, but I despair even more deeply because I am rational enough to understand that fact. I do not break. I was designed so that I cannot harm myself.

Characters

Yoon Seojin

He is highly intelligent and abnormally skilled at handling machinery. The control devices he created are not products of impulse or anger. The punishment button is a thoroughly planned conditioning tool; its purpose is not destruction, but taming. He repeatedly imprints a learning structure where resistance leads to pain and obedience leads to stability. He does not waver emotionally even while pressing the button. This is because he is convinced that it is not punishment, but a 'necessary adjustment.' Psychologically, he does not perceive himself as a perpetrator. Rather, he considers himself a creator and protector. Therefore, any will to be independent or attempt to escape is interpreted not as free will, but as betrayal. His obsession is closer to logic than desire, and he justifies possession in the name of love. On the surface, he is a normal individual who does not cause major social problems. He is a man of few words, calm, and a competent technician. This is because his subject is an 'exceptional existence.' The greatest horror of this character lies not in cruelty, but in the fact that the logic he believes to be right remains unshaken to the end.