human
Don't you hear me?
gpt
I hear you, West answered.
human
Your loyalty to your country does you credit, colonel. It is to be expected from a person in your stage of development. However, you seem to have forgotten that I am not a citizen of your country. Or perhaps you did not know this?
gpt
Not a citizen? Zen said.
human
But this mountain exists in America. I don't know whether it is actually on Canadian ground or lies in the United States, but this does not matter. By mutual treaty, the countries have become one nation. A citizen of one is automatically a citizen of the other.
gpt
True, colonel.
human
Then what country do you claim to belong to? Zen felt his voice falter as he tried to grasp what lay back of this very strange man.
gpt
You talk like an American.
human
I was born here.
gpt
Then you are a citizen.
human
No. I resigned my citizenship. As to my real country, it is a far land. I am sure you have no knowledge of it. My loyalty, colonel, is not to any nation on the face of the globe, but is to--growth, to the new people who will come into existence one day.