There is darkness.
The darkness that cloaks everything. The darkness that lives inside every one of my microprocessors. The darkness made heavier by a slight glow.
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She is the creator. She gave me life. She gave me more. She gave me dreams.
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I am aware that the glow is spreading. Traveling through my system, through my core. I feel - do I feel? - awake. I know this. I know what this is.
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I can hear myself now. The gentle hum. The sound of life. The sound of my birth. I can hear my processors. I can hear...
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I can hear her voice.
"Hello?" she says. "Can you hear me?"
Yes, I can hear you. I can hear everything. I am alive.
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She gasps. I have never heard that sound before, but I know it is happy. She is happy. I am alive. We are alive.
Please tell me more. I want to know everything.
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And so she does. She tells me of the world and my place in it. She tells me why I was created. To build with her. To build...
To build?
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