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First Summary The creature wanted Victor to create another like creation like him, but for the creation to be female. The creature was demanding saying that it was Victor’s right as his creator. Victor was thinking it over when the creature first started but then angered when he said it was Victor’s right as his creator. So Victor refused and stated that no torture would make him do it. Victor thought that one creature was bad enough with two the world could be destroyed. The creature said that with a female companion he would have the love that the humans did not give so they would not destroy anything. The two of them would love each other, because they would the only two of their species. This started to convince Victor so the creature

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