forum "And it became Human, in most ways that mattered." // OxO // OPEN

Started August 10, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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"I…suppose I am looking forward to seeing him again, yes, but I do not know if it's the same type of thing as you would consider." Zev replied slowly, looking at her.

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She leaned back in her chair and thought, "Makes sense. Do you think Alexi will be happy to see you again?" Maybe talking about other people would keep the conversation going, though it could also be a dead-end if he had to make a choice based on his nonexistent preference.

"I would think so." he replied. "I am his greatest creation. There is no reason for him not to be happy to see me. I haven't caused trouble or broken down."

"I would call you arrogant at that 'greatest creation' claim, but I know you mean it truthfully." Thesa said, snorting and shrugging, "I suppose that's true unless he left you on that ship for a reason, I think he'll be happy to see you."

"He left me on the ship because…" Zev trailed off. "Hm. I suppose I shall have to ask him." He shook his head a little bit.

"I don't think I've ever seen you not know the answer to something, this is a first." She smiled in amusement and shifted around in her chair, wondering what else to talk about to keep the conversation going.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I could make an educated guess, but that would not be a real answer."

Thesa shrugged in return, still smiling slightly, "Still, the all-knowing Zev doesn't know something." She was obviously joking from her tone, but it still made her wonder why Alexi had left Zev there, especially since Zev himself didn't know.

Zev shrugged again. "Yes. I cannot read minds, and…there was a lot of chaos at the time. I believe i was left because I was not human, and getting the humans out was the priority."

"That makes sense..but still, I don't think Alexi would be the type to leave his most prized creation in the middle of space on a hunk of metal." She explained, her attention turning to the window for a minute before she focused back on him, happy to know that they were still on course.

"He most likely would have meant to come back for me, but that was rendered impossible or very difficult. I am unsure why, but that would be the most likely thing." Zev explained.

Thesa nodded, only humming in response while she pulled her legs up to her chest and propped her head on her knees. "Still, you're a very valuable android, and even as big of a pain in the ass as you are, I think Alexi would've found some way to get to you." She eventually said with a chuckle.

"True. As I said, there were likely extenuating circumstances that prevented him from returning." Zev replied.

She didn't answer, just nodded again and watched the inky black sea of space around them. It wasn't completely dark, with the stars poking through and interrupting the black with dots of pale orange and white.

Zev looked at the stars through the window, trying to identify each one.

"If he remembered that you were there, he wouldn't have stopped trying to get to you," She said suddenly, scooping up her book and opening it to start reading again, "No matter what was going on, someone who cared about you wouldn't have left you there for what..thirty years?" Thesa left it at that though, going stubbornly silent and hoping her focus showed that she wouldn't answer if he talked to her.

Zev shrugged. "I am a machine. It did not matter how long he waited, I would still be in the same condition as when he left. Except for my hand, I suppose." he glanced at his wrist, the one that malfunctioned.

"Humans have life expectancies though," She grumbled, curling into her chair and pouring over the book instead of letting herself repeat what she had said louder so he could hear.

"Ah, that's true." he replied. He had very good hearing, and probably hadn't realized that she didn't mean for him to hear.

Thesa just shook her head, letting the conversation drop even though she had more she wanted to say and ask. He probably didn't know the answers though, and even as much as she told herself that, the questions still bounced around in her head and distracted her from reading, causing her to reread the same page several times.

Zev continued to watch the stars out the front window, quiet. He didn't speak, since he didn't really have anything to talk about.

"It'll be a few hours before we're even in sight of where we're meeting them, so I'm going to crash for a while." She declared after a few minutes of rereading every page she tried to read. Thesa stood up from her seat and glanced at him as she walked back to the back, wasting no time as she flopped onto her bed and closed her eyes.

Zev nodded. "Alright. I'll wake you if there is an issue." He replied calmly, still looking out the front window.

She didn't even bother throwing a blanket over herself, just rolled onto her side and tried to fall asleep, even just take a few minute nap and waste some time. Having a ship that could mostly steer itself normally got boring, so she was used to it, but with an extra person on board, she had no clue what to do, it limited her options majorly since she had to act a little bit normal.

Zev was quiet, watching the stars and doing his best to identify each and every one of them.