SOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN THE WILD: HOW OBSERVING WILDERNESS CAN ASSIST IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMANS
SENTRY NUMBER 038 RECORDING LOG 003.
I HAVE FORMED A HYPOTHESIS. IF I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HUMANS, PERHAPS I MUST FIRST EXAMINE THEIR BEHAVIOR UNDER A SIMPLIFIED LENS. I MUST CONSIDER THE MORE PRIMITIVE ORIGINS OF THEIR ACTIONS, AND HOW THEY EVOLVED INTO WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
THE NEXT NECESSARY STEP IS TO TEST THIS HYPOTHESIS AND ACQUIRE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IT. INITIALLY, I BELIEVED IT WOULD BE MOST EFFICIENT TO DOWNLOAD EXTERNAL INFORMATION TO MY DATABASE. QUICKLY, I REALIZED THIS WAS NOT THE OPTIMAL COURSE OF ACTION.
I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED POST OUTSIDE AS NEW ITEMS ARE TRANSPORTED INTO THE STRONGHOLD. THIS IS A RARE OCCURENCE, AND I SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THE WILDERNESS AROUND ME. I SAW PLANTS, ANIMALS, WATER. I WATCHED THE ANIMALS AS THEY WENT ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
THERE WAS SOMETHING.. UNUSUAL ABOUT THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE STRONGHOLD. IT WAS LUSH, YES, BUT IT WAS THE ANIMALS THEMSELVES THAT FASCINATED ME. I WATCHED THEM FEED EACHOTHER, AND CARE FOR THEIR FELLOW ANIMALS. WHAT I WAS SEEING DID NOT COMPUTE, AND I WONDERED IF I WAS EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF ERROR.
WATCHING THE ANIMALS, THEN, HOW THEY COMMUNICATED AND STUCK CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, I REALIZED WHAT LIVING THINGS RELY ON: EACHOTHER. HUMANS ARE, ULTIMATELY, INTELLIGENT ANIMALS. THEY ARE SOCIAL, AND DEPEND ON EACHOTHER FOR SURVIVAL AND JOY. I THOUGHT: AM I ALIVE? AM I AN ANIMAL?
NO. I AM A NINDROID. A MACHINE. FOR THE TIME I WAS OUTSIDE, THOUGH, I WATCHED THE ANIMALS, AND I PRETENDED THAT, PERHAPS, I COULD BE LIKE THEM.
SENTRY 038 CONCLUDING LOG 003.
