E5 - Tuning

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SIGN    This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
    Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
[00:08] Yuta
    I don't know why...
[00:11] Yuta
    Shut up!
[00:13] Classmate B
    Nodoka-chan, are you okay?
[00:16] Classmate A
    What was that for, Yuta?!
[00:17] Classmate A
    Apologize to Nodoka-chan!
[00:20] Yuta
    But once I snap, I can't stop myself.
[00:24] Yuta
    I get into fights over even small stuff.
SIGN    Student Guidance Room
[00:29] Yuta
    Every time, my mom and
    the teachers have a talk.
[00:35] Yuta
    Is this just my personality...
    Or some kind of bug?
SIGN    Tuning
SIGN    Tuning
[02:23] Sudo
    Huh, they're blooming.
[02:26] Risa
    Oh, Dr. Sudo.
[02:27] Sudo
    Want me to buy some sprinklers?
[02:29] Sudo
    Watering them every day has to be a pain.
[02:31] Risa
    That won't be necessary!
[02:34] Risa
    And I'm not watering them...
[02:36] Risa
    I'm giving them love.
[02:40] Risa
    Are you making fun of me?
[02:42] Sudo
    No, I just thought that it was well-said.
[02:46] Risa
    Doc just complimented me...
[02:49] Risa
    Would you like to join me in—
[02:51] Sudo
    You've used up all your break time.
[02:54] Risa
    Okay...
[03:01] Wife
    How is it? Good?
[03:03] Daughter
    Yep! Really yummy!
[03:07] Wife
    Honey, where are we headed next?
[03:12] Wife
    Honey? Hey...
[03:15] Daughter
    Hey, Daddy!
[03:17] Wife
    You were spacing out again.
[03:20] Matsumura
    Sorry...
[03:21] Wife
    Are you worried about something?
[03:24] Matsumura
    No, it's nothing.
[03:26] Matsumura
    I was just thinking about how nice this is.
[03:29] Matsumura
    It's almost unreal.
[03:33] Matsumura
    Now, come on. I think we'll go see a movie—
[03:43] Wife
    Are you okay?
[03:44] Matsumura
    Y-Yeah.
[03:46] Wife
    Another strange dream?
[03:49] Matsumura
    Sorry for waking you again.
[03:52] Wife
    I really think we should
    go to the hospital.
[03:56] Daughter
    Mommy, I gotta pee.
[03:58] Matsumura
    Yeah... I think you might be right.
[04:02] Matsumura
    Okay, Daddy will help you with that.
[04:05] Daughter
    Hurry, hurry!
[04:13] Sudo
    While your husband's neural
    net is being scanned,
[04:17] Sudo
    can you think of any potential
     causes for his insomnia?
[04:21] Wife
    He's... a real sweetheart, but it sounds
    like he's had a lot of trouble in his life,
[04:27] Wife
    and he might be hiding something from me.
[04:31] Sudo
    What makes you say that?
[04:35] Wife
    I'm not sure if this is the kind of
    thing I should tell a doctor, but...
[04:39] (Flashback) Wife
    Then what's this? Why are you depositing
    money into this account every month?
[04:44] (Flashback) Wife
    And it's a lot, too...
[04:48] (Flashback) Wife
    Are you being threatened or something?
[04:51] (Flashback) Wife
    I want to help!
[04:53] (Flashback) Matsumura
    It's not like that.
[04:54] (Flashback) Matsumura
    I just have an old friend who
     helped me out a lot.
[04:58] (Flashback) Matsumura
    I've been donating to the
    charitable organization that he runs.
[05:04] Wife
    Is it really true, though?
[05:05] Wife
    I'm worried he might be caught
    up in something dangerous...
SIGN    Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
SIGN    Closed For Today
[05:11] Risa
    Altered memories?!
SIGN    Original Memories
[05:13] Sudo
    Yeah, his memories were
    overwritten six years ago.
SIGN    New Memories
[05:19] Sudo
    It's looking likely they were altered
    via an invasive procedure, too.
[05:24] Sudo
    And this method...
[05:27] Jay
    This is clearly
[05:28] Jay
    not the legally authorized
    method of treatment.
[05:32] Sudo
    Hence the problem.
[05:34] Risa
    But Matsumura-san didn't mention anything...
[05:37] Sudo
    He might not even remember.
[05:39] Sudo
    If the doctor who tinkered
    with his neural net
[05:41] Sudo
    erased the memories of the tinkering...
[05:44] Risa
    B-But that's...
[05:46] Risa
    Neural net adjustments always
    require aftercare!
[05:50] Risa
    If the patient doesn't
    remember even getting it...
[05:56] (Flashback) Matsumura
    I just have an old friend
    who helped me out a lot.
[06:02] Risa
    Where are you headed so suddenly?
[06:05] Sudo
    To see someone I knew way back when.
[06:08] Risa
    Well, drive safely!
[06:12] Risa
    See you later!
SIGN    Seto Global Life Planning
[06:29] Seto
    For you to come and see me...
[06:32] Seto
    To what do I owe the honor?
[06:35] Sudo
    This is a nice setup you have here.
    You must be raking it in.
[06:38] Seto
    I wouldn't go that far.
[06:40] Seto
    Come on, have a seat.
[06:41] Sudo
    Seto... you modded a man named
    Matsumura's neural net, didn't you?
[06:47] Seto
    Well, that came out of nowhere.
[06:50] Seto
    I'm not sure what you're talking about,
[06:52] Seto
    but I have to abide by
    patient confidentiality...
[06:54] Sudo
    He would still be paying you for it.
[06:58] Sudo
    Although the patient believes
[07:00] Sudo
    it's going to "an old friend's
    charitable organization."
[07:05] Sudo
    An "old friend." Like the one you
    wrote a paper on before, isn't it?
[07:11] Sudo
    Matsumura came by my clinic because he's
    having nightmares and insomnia.
[07:15] Sudo
    Those are likely side effects.
[07:18] Sudo
    I want you to tell me how you treated him.
[07:21] Sudo
    Knowing you, I'm sure you've
    got detailed records.
[07:26] Seto
    I think you already know
    exactly what I did, man.
SIGN    Six years ago
[07:30] (Flashback) Matsumura
    I spend all my money on virtual porn, and
    get busted by the cops for cyber drugs...
[07:37] (Flashback) Matsumura
    Every time, I think it's the end of the road.
[07:42] (Flashback) Matsumura
    If I could just quit drinking, then maybe...
[07:45] (Flashback) Seto
    It'd be easy enough to treat your alcoholism.
[07:49] (Flashback) Seto
    But would that really be all it takes
    for you to be happy, Matsumura-san?
[07:57] (Flashback) Seto
    You don't have the strength
    of will to change on your own.
[08:02] (Flashback) Seto
    I think even if we treated one problem,
[08:04] (Flashback) Seto
    you'd only end up dependent
    on something else.
[08:07] (Flashback) Matsumura
    What... is even wrong with me?
[08:11] (Flashback) Matsumura
    Is it my head?
[08:13] (Flashback) Seto
    Matsumura-san.
[08:15] (Flashback) Matsumura
    Yeah?
[08:16] (Flashback) Seto
    Nothing is wrong with your mind or your body.
[08:20] (Flashback) Seto
    The problem isn't you.
    It's the life you've been through!
[08:25] (Flashback) Seto
    And it's my job to fix that.
[08:31] Seto
    First we put the neural
    net in a state of SOL7,
[08:34] Seto
    and have the patient reflect
    on their personal history.
[08:37] Seto
    Bit by bit, I guide them through,
    improving their memories of the past.
[08:42] Seto
    In Matsumura's case, giving him
     an external support system
[08:45] Seto
    was enough to put him in control of his life.
[08:48] Sudo
    You'd better have gotten
    his approval to do this.
[08:52] Seto
    Naturally.
[08:54] Seto
    And so, that's where our "old
    friend" comes into the picture.
[08:58] (Flashback) Seto
    He tells you: "Just crying
    won't change anything."
[09:04] (Flashback) Seto
    "When it's justified, there's
    nothing wrong with getting angry."
[09:08] (Flashback) Matsumura
    When... it's justified...
[09:11] (Flashback) Seto
    Your abusive parents, and the people who
    bullied you, all apologized in the end.
[09:16] (Flashback) Seto
    It's because you were brave
    enough to get angry at them.
[09:20] (Flashback) Matsumura
    But... I ended up quitting school anyway...
[09:25] (Flashback) Seto
    That was on your old friend's advice, too.
[09:28] (Flashback) Seto
    He taught you everything
    that you needed to know.
[09:33] (Flashback) Seto
    Do you remember the kinds
    of things he did for you?
[09:38] (Flashback) Matsumura
    I... don't.
[09:40] (Flashback) Seto
    I'll help you remember it all.
[09:43] (Flashback) Seto
    About the old friend who, more than anyone
    else, just wanted you to be happy.
[09:51] Seto
    Is that seriously all you wanted?
[09:54] Sudo
    Make sure to send me the data.
[09:57] Seto
    Got it.
[09:58] Seto
    Well, I'll be counting on you
    to help him deal with the side effects.
[10:02] Seto
    Oh, one other thing.
[10:04] Seto
    Take one of these.
[10:07] Seto
    I've gotten into raising cacti.
[10:11] Seto
    Just let me find a bag for yours.
[10:13] Seto
    They even grow from cuttings.
[10:14] Seto
    Their vitality makes taking
    care of them a piece of cake.
[10:18] Seto
    That said, they still die
    if you don't water them.
[10:22] Seto
    And if they get too weak,
    you have to give up on them.
[10:27] Sudo
    And your solution is to wind back the
    clock and pretend they got water?
[10:32] Sudo
    Completely fake water?
[10:34] Seto
    Well, how would you have treated him?
[10:37] Seto
    Just deal with the addiction
    and send him on his way?
[10:40] Seto
    Maybe pass him off to a mental
    care robot? That takes time.
[10:45] Seto
    Even the super AI, Michi, can't
    teach an adult how to be resilient.
[10:50] Seto
    Lies were able to treat both Matsumura's
    symptoms and his root illness.
[10:54] Seto
    You should be a bit more
    accommodating of falsehoods.
[10:57] Seto
    The tech to make them stick
    has existed for a long time...
[11:01] Seto
    Isn't that that right, "Moggadeet"?
[11:04] Seto
    It takes one to know one.
     I've heard all about your exploits.
[11:09] Seto
    It's clear you don't believe Michi's
    rules should be the last word either.
[11:14] Seto
    Which is why you needed an
    alter-ego... Am I wrong?
[11:22] (Flashback) Seto
    There are no perfect answers in medicine.
[11:25] (Flashback) Seto
    Even more so now that the world has
    welcomed Humanoids into the community.
[11:31] (Flashback) Seto
    Quite the predicament, isn't it?
[11:38] Wife
    We're so grateful.
[11:40] Wife
    My husband's insomnia seems
    to finally be cured.
[11:44] Wife
    Which means I can get some sleep, too.
[11:47] Matsumura
    Huh?
[11:49] Matsumura
    We've got a potted plant
    just like that in our house.
[11:52] Risa
    It was a gift for the doctor.
[11:55] Matsumura
    Come to think of it, mine was a gift, too...
[11:58] Matsumura
    But I can't remember who it was from.
[12:00] Daughter
    Daddy! Are you done?
[12:03] Matsumura
    Yeah. Everything's okay now.
[12:06] Matsumura
    Well, thanks again, Doc!
[12:08] Wife
    If you'll excuse us.
[12:10] Risa
    Have a safe trip.
[12:11] Matsumura
    Come on, let's get going.
[12:11] Daughter
    Yeah, come on!
[12:13] Matsumura
    Where do you want to go?
[12:13] Risa
    Doctor...
[12:14] Daughter
    I dunno...
[12:15] Risa
    Are you sure you shouldn't tell
    him about the altered memories?
[12:19] Sudo
    What good would it do?
[12:21] Daughter
    I want ice cream!
[12:23] Wife
    Okay, okay.
[12:24] Risa
    Well... I guess you're right.
[12:37] Yuta Mom
    It's okay. You don't have to worry, Yuta.
[12:40] Yuta Mom
    I'll be right there with you.
[12:44] Yuta
    It's gotten to the point where
    she's making me go to the hospital.
SIGN    Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words, 'Sweet Remembrance'
[13:07] Sudo
    That's Mendelssohn, isn't it?
[13:10] Sudo
    Incredible. And this is
    really you playing it?
[13:15] Sudo
    I'd love to hear more.
[13:18] Sudo
    Would you be willing to
     bring more recordings?
[13:23] Sudo
    Well, that does it for your exam.
[13:27] Sudo
    I'm going to talk to your mom,
    so just head to the waiting room.
[13:37] Sudo
    Sorry about the wait.
[13:38] Sudo
    Is it all right if I have someone
    join us for the diagnosis?
[13:42] Sudo
    A medical AI.
[13:44] Yuta Mom
    O-Okay.
[13:46] Sudo
    Jay, are you there?
[13:48] Jay
    I'm listening, Sudo.
[13:51] Sudo
    What's your opinion?
[13:53] Jay
    To be brief, I believe that the
    patient can, and should, be treated.
[13:58] Sudo
    How would you do it?
[14:00] Jay
    Tuning his emotional system
    should be effective and simple.
[14:04] Yuta Mom
    Tuning... his emotions?
[14:08] Sudo
    In essence, we'd be forcing a
    change in Yuta-kun's personality.
[14:14] Jay
    You make it sound more
    violent than it is, Sudo.
[14:17] Sudo
    Do I?
[14:18] Jay
    Please allow me to explain.
[14:22] Jay
    Using humans as an example...
[14:23] Jay
    There are conditions affecting
    the central nervous system
[14:26] Jay
    that can result in various difficulties
    integrating with society.
[14:30] Jay
    Treating these cases with drugs
    and behavioral counseling is,
[14:35] Jay
    generally, an ongoing process.
[14:38] Jay
    But with a Humanoid,
[14:39] Jay
    fine tuning of the emotional mechanisms
    can result in more effective,
[14:42] Jay
    and safer, results than the
    treatment needed for humans.
[14:47] Jay
    Do you have any questions?
[14:51] Jay
    I should be able to answer any
    you might have, so please, ask.
[14:57] Yuta Mom
    Is this the kind of thing...
[14:59] Yuta Mom
    that should be fixed?
[15:05] Yuta Mom
    Yuta has trouble controlling his emotions,
[15:09] Yuta Mom
    but that might just be a part of who he is.
[15:13] Yuta Mom
    If that's the case...
[15:15] Jay
    This is something the majority
    of families considering this type
[15:19] Jay
    of emotional tuning consider.
[15:22] Jay
    I can only tell you that complaints with the
    outcome of this procedure are very rare.
[15:26] Jay
    Based on that...
[15:27] Sudo
    That's enough, Jay.
[15:28] Jay
    Understood.
[15:34] Risa
    Did you forget anything?
[15:36] Yuta Mom
    No.
[15:37] Risa
    You can think about it, and then let
    us know when you come in next week.
[15:42] Yuta Mom
    Right.
[15:43] Yuta Mom
    We'll be on our way, then.
[15:45] Sudo
    Hey, kid.
[15:47] Sudo
    I really do want to hear some more
    recordings next time you come in.
[15:52] Sudo
    I'm not just saying that to to be nice.
[15:57] Yuta Mom
    I am so sorry!
[15:59] Risa
    Oh, don't worry about it.
[16:01] Yuta Mom
    Hey... wait, Yuta!
[16:06] Risa
    Do you think his mom will
    ask for the treatment?
[16:09] Sudo
    Probably. It's a shame.
[16:13] Risa
    It is?
[16:19] Yuta
    I love the piano.
[16:22] Yuta
    I never fight with it.
[16:25] Yuta
    It never disappoints me.
[16:28] Yuta
    When I press the key for "do,"
    it always gives me that note.
[16:32] Yuta
    And when I can get those notes to
    line up how I like, I feel amazing.
[16:37] Yuta
    Just me...
[16:39] Yuta
    And the piano.
[16:40] Yuta Mom
    Yuta. Yuta!
[16:46] Yuta Mom
    Yuta, what're you doing? It's dinner time.
[16:50] Yuta
    But... I'm recording this!
[16:52] Yuta
    It was going so well!
[16:56] Yuta Mom
    What am I always telling you?
    You need to be able to stop.
[17:00] Yuta Mom
    Okay?
[17:01] Yuta
    Why...
[17:03] Yuta
    Why is my mom like this?!
[17:05] Yuta
    Why?! Why?!
[17:10] Yuta
    It feels like my head fills up...
[17:13] Yuta
    with bad feelings.
[17:15] Yuta
    It hurts.
[17:20] Yuta
    All I need is the piano,
[17:22] Yuta
    but everyone gets in the way.
[17:26] Yuta
    If they were all gone...
[17:28] Yuta
    If they would all just go away...
[17:31] Yuta
    I bet I'd feel better.
[17:35] Classmate A
    What're you glaring at?!
[17:37] Classmate A
    You're the one at fault!
[17:39] Classmate B
    Did we do anything to you, Yuta-kun?
[17:41] Classmate B
    I don't think so!
[17:43] Classmate C
    You need to apologize to Nodoka-chan!
[17:50] Nodoka
    All I did was ask what
    you were listening to.
[17:55] Nodoka
    You're always alone, so
    I wanted to be friends.
[18:02] Nodoka
    But you shoved me!
[18:06] Classmate B
    You need to apologize!
[18:07] Classmate C
    Apologize!
[18:08] Classmate A
    Apologize, Yuta!
[18:14] Classmate B
    Stop that!
[18:15] Classmate C
    What the heck?!
[18:37] Yuta
    Why was I being so stubborn?
[18:42] Yuta
    I honestly don't know anymore.
[18:44] Yuta
    Because...
[18:48] Yuta
    After the fight, I got treated.
[18:54] Yuta's Mom
    Will my son be able to
    make lots of friends now?
[18:58] Sudo
    Well, I believe so.
[19:01] Yuta Mom
    He's leaned so much on the
    piano instead until now...
[19:15] Sudo
    How are you?
[19:18] Sudo
    Anything feel off?
[19:25] Yuta
    No... I'm okay.
[19:28] Yuta
    And I brought you some
    recordings of my playing.
[19:33] Sudo
    Nice. I'm a big fan of all these pieces.
[19:38] Sudo
    And I can have them?
[19:39] Yuta
    Sure.
[19:40] Yuta
    Since you praised my playing.
[19:47] Sudo
    I see. Thank you.
[19:53] Yuta
    Ever since...
[19:55] Yuta
    I've been able to stay calm and
    think about what I'm doing.
[20:00] Yuta
    I don't get so overwhelmed
    by my feelings anymore.
[20:09] Yuta
    I'm able to get along with the
    kids in my class now, too.
[20:28] Mom
    Yuta, time to eat. Come on.
[20:38] Yuta
    I still love playing the piano.
[20:43] Yuta
    But... I think my music might
    sound different now, somehow.
SIGN    Bach - Fugue in G minor
    
    
    Bach - Partita No. 1
SIGN    Mozart - Sonata No. 9 K.310
SIGN    Liszt - Consolation No. 3
SIGN    Liszt - Valse oubliée No.1
SIGN    Bach - Partita No. 1
[21:06] Rika
    That's really lovely!
[21:08] Rika
    What piece is it?
[21:09] Sudo
    Partita No. 1.
[21:11] Sudo
    Quite the performance, right?
[21:13] Risa
    It is! Each note is so distinctly
    played, but it's so beautiful.
[21:23] Sudo
    This is the boy from the other day.
[21:26] Sudo
    But it's from before he underwent treatment.
[21:32] Risa
    I see...
[21:37] Sudo
    Changing a Humanoid's personality, on a
    technical level, isn't very difficult.
SIGN    Seto Global Life Planning
[21:45] Female Patient
    How did my life end up like this?
[21:49] Seto
    It's my job to fix that kind of thing.
[21:54] Sudo
    Neither is creating false memories for them.
[21:59] Sudo
    But...
[22:01] Jay
    Sudo, may I have a word?
[22:04] Sudo
    What's up?
[22:05] Jay
    Regarding Yuta-san's treatment...
[22:07] Jay
    Were you satisfied with my diagnosis?
[22:12] Sudo
    You always do good work. No need to worry.
[22:18] Jay
    I appreciate that.
SIGN    Robot
SIGN    Robot