The movie and the novel are in conflict concerning the question of why the T-800 can't self-terminate. In the novel, the T-800 immediately self-destructs by stepping into the molten steel once the T-1000 has been destroyed. In the movie, this moment is drawn out to create an emotional response to the T-800's impending demise. However, as a soldier doing a duty, the T-800 probably would not have required assistance to destroy itself, especially as the future was at stake. The T-800's death sequence from the official novel: Terminator put his hand on John's shoulder. "I must complete my mission." And as he said that, the human side of his face came back into the light. He reached toward John and his metal finger touched the tear trickling down his cheek. It was the revelation. "I know now why you cry, although it is something I can never do." He turned to Sarah and said, "Goodbye." "Are you afraid?" There was the briefest instant before he responded. "Yes," he said. Not because he was going to cease functioning as a terminator, but because he had sensed a vision beyond his programming of a cosmic order vastly beyond Skynet's comprehension. And it gave him a sense of his first feeling. Fear. Of where he was going next, if anywhere. Of course, he hadn't been asked for further details in his answer, so he didn't say any of this. He simply turned and stepped off the edge. [page 235] During the scene when collecting weapons from the hidden cache at the compound of Enrique, John Connor asks the T-800 if it felt fear. To this the T-800 simply replies, "No." John then asks, "Not even of dying?" The T-800 again replies, "No." John Connor presses further, "You don't feel any emotion about it one way or another?" This is when the T-800 says conflictingly, "No, I have to stay functional until my mission is complete. Then it doesn't matter."

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