Yasmin fell silent, seemingly pondering as Lily continued, “I don’t know if I’ll fear death when I reach your age, but I feel there’s a limit to everything. Even if I want to live forever, I won’t sacrifice others’ lives.
“I would never wish the same thing upon my children, friends, and family. Since I wouldn’t want others to do this to me, I wouldn’t want to do it to others, too,” after a pause, she said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
“I’m…tired.” Yasmin closed her eyes, not wanting to dwell on the topic. “You should get some rest as well.”
“Your Majesty, I hope you can understand that it’s impossible to achieve immortality. I’ve only created R10 based on the formula they gave me. As for whether or not it’ll work, I’m…truly unsure.
“The truth is that I believe the chances of it working are essentially zero despite what I said earlier,” Lily spoke bluntly, no longer needing to beat around the bush.
"Enough!" Yasmin snapped. "Don't push it just because I've been kind to you, Lily."
"No, Your Majesty," Lily said, "I'm talking to you now as a friend, not as a prisoner. I know you're different from Fred. All you want is to live on, but Fred desires a lot more."
Lily could tell from Fred’s behavior that he was an extremist and highly selfish.
Yasmin asked coldly, “Do you think you can change my mind by praising me?”
Lily shook her head. “No, I’m just stating a fact. When you helped me obtain the drug to fake my death, you considered setting me free, didn’t you?”
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