If she knew the truth about herself, perhaps 2B would have thought similarly. There had been something wrong with YoRHa— classified. She would receive an order and she would execute. She would listen and hold them so high she was blind to their actions. She died without knowing. She lives now and still thinks she has great purpose.

If only she could have known, with 9S in shambles of resentment and disdain for the very same reason: just a piece of equipment, when they were not. Sacrificial lambs fighting for nothing and raised to believe everything. Or perhaps her ignorance was for the better? It wasn’t humanity’s fault, after all.

“. . . I’m sorry.”

They are short, simple words, but they are genuine.