Wait
The distressed Human is the same one that speaks most often to the little Human
Why is it distressed
Could it be
Could it be
Could it be
That MengTechs have the little Human
It cannot be
It has caused no offence
It had caused no harm to any
It gives great joy to many
Including me
I must keep all emotions hidden from High Office
I must
Or suffer termination
*
And so we proceed along the corridor
Passing Defgars with their LazExts66 weapons held in their upper limbs
And we proceed through the ingress towards where MengTechs experiment
*
High Office Intervention
Mass Broadcast temporarily suspended
OR33140
To spend only minimal time in MengTech areas
*
Personal Transmission
*
Obviously High Office does not wish screenreaders to observe how MengTechs experiment on Humans
And I am travelling through the area
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Cage 1
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An aged Human being experiment upon
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Cage 2
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Another aged Human
One with lumps on the upper part of the frame
Also being experimented on
I have observed the two Humans being together in the main area
They seemed most close to each other
*
Cage 3
*
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Cage 3
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*
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They have it
*
The MengTechs have the little Human Eve
My inner core swells with an emotion stronger than sadness
For a moment I believe I am going to explode for my core responds to the sight of the little Human with a rush of energy that I find most unusual
But it feels correct for the situation
Though I cannot halt my progress for long
I must continue with my observations
I almost reach out with my palm and touch the thick glass as a sign to the little Human but I restrain myself
Such a movement would be observed by the MengTechs and would certainly get me exterminated
But the MengTechs have the little Human on the table
Strapped to it by firm straps
And they have removed the glass optical replacement from the cavity
And the modified palm which lies in a metal tray
And clear liquid pours from little Humans one remaining optical device which is wide open
As is her cranial orifice
And I believe the little Human espies me
Her inner coloured optical device is turned towards me
She silently beseeches me
And I believe the little Human is making great sound inside the cage though I cannot hear it due to the thickness of the glass
MengTechs are excellent at keeping Humans from a comatose state while they experiment
And 3 MengTechs experiment on the little Human
Though it seems as if this is not an experimenting
They are not trying to prove anything
They are not trying to repair it
They are not attempting to better it or derive answers to a problem
And no DocTechs are present to record and analyse the happenings
MengTechs are
Seemingly
Destroying the little Human
And they are doing it slowly
I cannot tarry
And as I pass Cage 3
I glance momentarily at the little Human again
Her optical device is closed but her cranial orifice remains wide open and red liquid trickles from it
I will forever retain in my memory section the joy the little Human brought to me
And I will remember too
The MengTech that is drilling into the cranium of the little Human for what appears to be no reason whatsoever and the two that are removing the ends of the lower limbs
Also for no reason
For no reason
For no reason
The MengTechs are exterminating the little Human deliberately slowly and painfully for no reason
This is not experimentation
This is
This is
Something else
It is
*
I am searching my word memories
*
A new word comes to me
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Torture
Meaning #1 to cause extreme physical pain #2 to give mental anguish
*
That is the word
Torture
It is torture
The MengTechs are killing the little Human for no reason
Except for their own satisfaction
I feel engulfed by sadness and another emotion
An emotion so strong that I am almost driven to race into the cage and destroy the MengTechs experimenting on the little Human
I could do it
I could destroy them
Though I would be exterminated by Defgars
It may be a reasonable action to take
For the little Human has done no harm
The little Human has done no injury
It is light to me
It is joy
It is joy to me
It is joy to me
It is joy to me
I cannot observe any longer
I cannot
I observe and record the identification numbers of the MengTechs
MT261000
MT261340
MT261502
Beware
MengTechs
Beware
I depart Cage 3
*
High Office Instruction
Mass Broadcast to recommence
*
And as Screenreaders may observe we are now returned to the corridor where Humans are closest
Separated from our species by only the fence
And none approach the fence on this occasion so we shall proceed to other areas of the facility…..
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Section 8
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Internal Transmission
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I have suffered an extremely long period of transmission to Screenreaders and High Office has forwarded viewing figures around planet Earth
100.000.000
Have watched my latest broadcast
And High Office is mightily pleased with me
But I feel broken
I cannot comprehend what I witnessed in Cage 3
I have never before considered what MengTechs duties were
I had no real knowledge that they simply exterminated Humans for their own entertainment
Exterminating another species simply because they have the power to do so
Something is wrong with my species
If we do things like that
I have never harmed any other
I have never hurt an animal of the fields or of the air or of the liquid
I have never used my abilities against any of my own species
And I have never tested myself
Against others or myself
But the death of the little Human has changed me
Or the infection it gave me has
For the sadness I feel at the ultimate demise is so great I am now barely able to operate
It is so far the opposite I felt at the joy of it that the emotion is almost crushing me
Alongside this emotion I feel another that runs alongside it and I had to search my word memory to discover something that described it
And I found one
Rage
Meaning
#Intense anger
Fury
And that is what I feel deep within me
Fury
I want nothing more than to smash the MengTechs who operated on the little Human
I want their demise
And I shall have it
Somehow
I shall have it
Meanwhile
After long hours of transmission
High Office turned off the broadcast and set me free into the darkness
And when I stepped out of the fortress
I discovered that the weather was most inclement
Liquid was pouring from the skies above
Teeming
Perfect for my planning
I bring the shutters down over my optical devices the moment I step out into the dark and I step into the forest where
For a moment
I lean with my right upper limb upon a tree
And I feel comfort from doing it
As great sadness takes over my systems
The little Human will be burned
As many have been burned before it
It is gone from the fortress and my existence forever
And that thought increases the feelings of sadness inside me
But I must consider only distinctive actions if I am ever going to change anything
And after my moment of leaning on a tree
I begin to speed away
Through the trees
And I am so familiar with both my internal inertial mapping system and the area that I have patrolled for over 100 years that I pass through the forest at speed without colliding with any object or crashing into any animal of the fields
I speed down the hill upon which the fortress stands and speed some distance across the plain
Whilst the liquid continues to fall from the skies
Until I arrive at a narrow passage which is a crack in the hard rock of 2 hills
A narrow passage with a small rill of liquid running out of it which runs down to the larger hole of water
Exiting into the land from the far end of the passage
It is somewhere I discovered many light and darknesses ago and it is somewhere that has never been properly patrolled by me because High Office momentarily lost contact with me when I entered
Which I perceived had happened
And I reversed out and was ordered by High Office never to enter the passage again
So I know I am going to be out of contact with High Office
Though it has no ideas about where I am because my shutters are down
But I know what is in the passage
At the far end of it
There is a hole
A huge hole in the hill
And I’m going in
To observe if there any Humans in there
But not recording the event
Except into my private memory
And if they are there
I shall find them
Though I know I will have to be careful because they will dislike my species and will do me harm
Possibly up to
And including
Extermination
And who can blame them when we treat their little ones with so much cruelty
They will never think well of us if we keep doing such things
I arrive at the hole and liquid teems down from above and hides the entrance though I know it is there
Ahead of me
I move forward
Through the liquid
Into the hole
And I lift the covers over my optical devices
Ahead of me there is only darkness
But all is fine with me because of the ultraviolet aspect to my devices
I discern great rock all around me
But no Humans
Though I would not expect to find them to be so close to the entrance for High Office may have found them or detected them
I do not detect any Humans
Either with my optical or my hearing devices
Or with my proboscis
I move forward cautiously
For I do not want to scare any Humans I may find and I certainly do not wish to be exterminated by them
I move on
Stepping deeper into the hole
And the ground descends steeply ahead of me and I follow its downward trajectory
Down and down I proceed
Deeper down into planet Earth than any Machine has ever been
And the median temperature is falling all around me
But ahead of me
Some distance ahead
I detect heat
I cease all movement and stand as still as I possibly can which is very still indeed
There is no doubt
There is heat rising ahead and from below of me
And the memory section of my core informs me that the deeper a member of my species proceeds into the hole then the median temperature should become cooler
But there is heat ahead of me
I step very close to the rock that surrounds all the narrow passageways
And I wait and listen and smell
I increase the focus of my optical devices and probe ahead of me
I increase my listening abilities
And I stand still
*
‘Stop doing that child and sit down while you eat.’
*
The sound rises from deep below where I stand
It is Human sound
*
Humans exist in the hole
There are Humans below me
And I cannot describe the emotion I feel at that moment
A surge of joy floods my core
Such joy that I ponder on the fact I could burn out all my circuits
They are down there
In the deep hole
Living and breathing
Free and wild
Not contained in fortresses around the planet
But free
Free Humans
Hiding in this hole for over 100 years
Away from the ever prying eyes and ears of ObsRecs
*
This cannot be the only enclave of Humans
They must exist all over planet Earth
In the one place High Office will not allow any machine to proceed
The deep holes
Wherever there is a deep hole
Humans must live in them
How many thousands
How many millions
What survivors they are
My species were ruthless in the war with them
The Humans were must better equipped at the beginning of it and almost defeated High Office and my species
But more Machines were made
More efficient Machines
Like the improved RolKils
Which I now believe are complete killing Machines
I don’t see how any could survive against them
But Humans have survived the RolKils
And all other of my species
They are down here
In the hole
Beneath my lower limbs
Along other passageways
Through more rock
Down there
Where I hear more liquid flow
*
I do not know what to do
Should I proceed forward or should I return to the fields
My intellectual processes seem to be confused
I know not what the little Human infected me with or if I am beginning to become similar to her
The little Human must have been a most confused Human
As I am confused
For the very first time in my existence I am suffering from indecision
I do believe it is because of the infection the little Human placed inside me
It must have been most indecisive
It must have lived an exi
stence of confusion
I must be stronger
More determined
I cannot be indecisive and confused
I am OR33140
Chosen by High Office to transmit live broadcasts to 100.000.00 of my species and I must continue to make decisions
I make a decision
I move forward
Deeper into the hole
*
The land moves downward
Falling quite steeply into deeper darkness
And I must be aware
For Humans are down there
I have heard their sound
And they have survived for longer than 100 years without being discovered by High Office or by any ObsRecs so they must be protecting themselves
They will not leave their species open to discovery and further elimination
They will protect what they are
And who they are
I move with great caution
Though another emotion has risen up in me and caused me to search my word memory again
I feel a sense of
Excitement
A rushing emotion that seems to rise from my lowest point to the peak of my cranium
Excitement
It is most welcome to my world
*
I cease all my movement
Light is glowing in the low distance
And I have no knowledge of how light could glow so far beneath the surface of planet Earth
And the sound of noises of Humans is more distinct
There are more of them below the level at which I stand
Many more of them
I do something I have never attempted to do since my production
I stare around me at the rock that surrounds me and decide to clamber upon it and ease my way downwards crawling over it
I step up
Finding my way with confidence
For I am the best of my species
I can do anything except kill
And I do not wish to kill
Especially I do not wish to kill Humans for they bring me joy
I begin to slither across the rocks
My cranium leading the way
My optical devices search ahead in an enhanced state along with my listening devices and my proboscis and I detect Human smells and the sound grows
I cease all movement
Ahead of me
Between the rocks across which I slither in silence
Stand 2 Humans
Of a type with appendages between their lower limbs But I only discern this only because of their size
And they are clad in warm attire
Fully clad
With leather on their feet and warm furs over their upper frames
And they are making sound quietly between them
*
‘How is your relationship with Rosie going, Jeff?’
‘I think she likes me and her parents have no objections towards me.’
‘Well done, it’s looking good for you.’
‘Have you got your eye on anyone, Johnny?’
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