.hack//A.I. Buster

.hack//A.I. Buster is a two part novel series based on the .hack franchise, written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and illustrated by Rei Izumi.

Albireo

 * You have to understand, Hokuto, sometimes in the course of the game, you encounter Vagrant AIs. These AIs don't operate normally. Therefore, they must be destroyed.
 * (A.I. Buster 2/ About Lycoris) The memory of her face as she spoke to me still haunted me... But the encounter was too real, her death too meaningful. I wallowed in regret, thinking that there had to be a be a better conclusion, a different way to end the event. But just like in life, there was no reset button. I couldn't replay the moment in hopes for a happier ending.

Lycoris

 * I am an unwanted child. Even God doesn't want me.
 * That's not true. You do have the power to delete me, Albireo. The power rests in your hands. It rests in your spear. I've revised the data of your spear. You have the final segment. The final piece of me. I have given you my will to reliquish me. I wanted to continue to live in this world, but... But I cannot become Aura.

Other

 * (Harald) I'm sorry, Lycoris. You are a failure.

Dialogue

 * Between Albireo and Lycoris:
 * Albireo- God... tried to delete you?
 * Lycoris- That's right. I am an unwanted child. Even God doesn't want me.
 * Albireo- I don't understand. What's Morganna?
 * Lycoris- I was fleeing from Morganna. Morganna told you where I was hiding. Morganna wanted to delete me.
 * Albireo- I thought God wanted to delete you?
 * Lycoris- Morganna Mode Gone is God.


 * Between Albireo and Lycoris:
 * Lycoris- Morganna is contradicting herself.
 * Albireo- A program that contradicts cannot function.
 * Lycoris- An extremely complicated system can function even with contradictions. And its results are contrary to expectations.
 * Albireo- But... That is no different from human beings.
 * Lycoris- Yes.