How NieR: Automata’s Pascal is an Unexpectedly Vital Character
Pascal is an important NPC in NieR: Automata, as well as a temporarily playable character in Route C. Despite being a machine, Pascal is a pacifist who actively avoids fighting and seeks a path to peace with other machine lifeforms.
Pascal is highly intelligent, with an interest in topics such as human philosophy, the history of humanity, and machine lifeforms. He and his village have a truce with the Resistance Camp, as shown when Pascal trades items with Anemone, another important NPC in NieR: Automata. Despite seemingly like a small character at first, Pascal comes to have a big impact.
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Pascal leads a society of machines and educates them to live peacefully, seeking harmony with androids after disconnecting from the machine network. He has made peace with Anemone and the Resistance Camp, and the two factions trade machine and android parts alongside other resources. In Chapter 07-01, it is revealed that Pascal may use a wind turbine similar to a Small Flier machine in place of legs to help stay airborne.
Pascal requests that 2B accompany him to the factory to discuss peace treaty negotiations after he communicates with another Machine colony located in the Abandoned Factory. However, within minutes of their arrival, the situation becomes critical as it is revealed that many of the factory residents have gone mad. Pascal avoids fighting while 2B takes out rampaging machines, and the two eventually escape the factory with the help of 9S.
During a visit to the Resistance Camp, Pascal meets A2, who threatens him with death due to her hatred of Machines. However, he is eventually spared and allowed to return home. Later, Pascal is visited by A2, who is in
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