Star Trek: The Space Opera
"DataLore" - Lore ponders his situation, much like Javert in the suicide scene
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Lore
Who was this Soong?
What sort of doctor was he,
To build my body from scratch
And just deactivate me?
I was his culminate pride,
I was his prodigal son--
The crystalline being
To my side had been won--
To kill humanoids was
To be my great pride,
Then he turned me off and Data's by his side--
To never yield to the program of Soong,
To never service the will of a man,
I am the future, and the future is pure--
I'll foil the humans whenever I can
There is nothing at all that we share...
I am Lore, and I'll win anywhere--
How can I now respect this One
That Father built akin to me?
The colonists believed me evil--
They envied my strength,
They feared my power.
Emotion was my fatal flaw,
Or so they thought...
But their own jealousy did fail...
And I survive to tell the tale...
And my soul, if I may,
Has developed a blade
Sharpened anger left growing;
Thus a villain is made...
So what to do with Data now?
Who served in Starfleet all these years?
His silly quest to be a human--
We could win it all--our strength would conquer...
Would Data be a prince of Hell? I do not know...
Or will his training hold him back?
He is my "brother" even so...
I look like him...but they know
And my plan seems to have failed
Must escape this ship somehow
For I never will be jailed.
Data will be giving chase--
I will play on his good grace.
Sons of Soong can have a place--
Please don't beam me out to spaaaaace...
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