
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
prahou@merveilles.town ("Tomáš") wrote:
Patrolling 2
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- Two fully sentient MATA mercenaries patrol the desert. Junior and Senior. Senior: "You want to say something. What is it?" Junior: "The hackers... they keep elderly machines alive for decades past their expiry dates." Senior: "Unlike them we're not monsters. We let machines die with grace once they grow old." Junior: "...that makes sense I guess. Man... imagine dying of old age at 6 months." Senior: "The machine welcomes death. That's what the GovCorp says anyway..." (remote)