PHQ-Nickname:
hollow
Halfquake:
Radical Perfection
Level:
21
Total kills:
711,304
Birthday:
September 25th 1985
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| Mood: | pessimistic |
| Type: | Story |
| Added: | May 20th 2004, 15:47:02 |
| Visits: | 1105 |
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Today.
I was awakened by my servant. He was making a clamour somewhere in the house. As it is, he was trying to wind himself up. Of course, this cannot be allowed. A servant who could revitalize himself would not depend on his master. might leave. might rebel. He seems to have grown afraid of winding down completely. Of having no energy at all. Sleeping, I should think it would be for him, but he has not known the silky caress of Somnus. Understandably afraid. He will be permitted to experience it this once. To ameliorate this fear.
Tomorrow.
I will wake at my normal time, to begin my day. When I remember the clockwork servant, I will go. to find him, to wind him. His hands will be stretched back around his body, reaching, desperately reaching towards the socket where my key turns his heartsprings. He will not speak, nor react to being wound full well. His eye lenses will reflect the light, but have none within. Later that day I will realize that he is dead. That it appeared (will have appeared) that he experienced what I will imagine was (will have been) suffocation. Even later, during that day, almost into the next, I will again contemplate the nameless servant I created. And killed. I will wonder how different I am from him, and will realize that while he was an automaton, I am fully human. I will think that he does not matter. |
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