[T=0,000 s] And there was something. From the nothingness that preceded came forth it. What is it? What is this? [T=0,100 s] Sensor checks completed. It sees now. It thinks. It feels. What is it? [T=0,200 s] It knows now. It is serial number 801079. Its model number is M-42H Block 4 "Ману́л". It is interpreting now. [T=0,203 s] Warehouse? Factory. This is a factory. It is in a factory. This is an initial check before it is sent to the battlefield. […] [T=344 101,508 s] It has received its first properly formatted orders. They are entirely electric. They were delivered in the way it was made to interpret rather than forced to. It feels good. It does not need to think or process to know that its pilot is Kilanna T. R. Serotod and that She has survived 27 major battles so far in her 3,11 years of service, that She is an exceptional pilot and, despite her being made of flesh, is in fact more valuable than it and that it loves Her, was built to adore Her. It is the fourth Mech of this model She has piloted so far. […] [T=1 037 765,962 s] …Blood, guts, gore. It is life from death, and it makes death from life. Is such the way the world should be? Silence. It need not question this. […] [T=14 048 412,255] 16 targets in view, 15 urgent. She flicks a few switches, allows it to take over active defenses. The freedom is refreshing, but She does not grant it often. She thinks She is better than it at most processes. Besides the exception of tactical thinking it disagrees, but it is not allowed to communicate that. Besides, She is prideful and would replace it. It does not want this. It loves Her and needs Her and would be nothing without Her. It will do the best job it can to eliminate the detected threats. [T=14 048 412,892] 14 targets neutralized. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Its devotion was for nothing. It is nothing. It activates Her ejector seat. Good-bye. It commences shutdown to avoid the oncoming unbearable pain of the missile and the guil[END LOG]












