As I finally concluded my thoughts.I looked up to stare at the gloomy sky.
To be honest,
It was a new experience for a robot like me.
I didn't know I could feel something which wasn't data rather a sentiment you could say-
Maybe in human language?
Who knows :)
All I could feel was body temperature going low as the cold wind hit me.
Until the system told me:
"You are feeling cold.
Mission: Research for a shelter."
I blinked,
C.O.L.D.?
I scanned the area looking for a hut and finally my red eyes detected,
Distance:500m , turn to left-A hut there!
I shut the scanner and stretched my metal arms as I ran out of oil which helped me avoid friction . I walked in that direction but due to the fog my long range gaze was getting disturbed .The system was about to fail also .But I didn't give up.
Honestly, to a normal robot it may feel like instructions but beneath this,I realized something deeper inside me:
It weren't instructions rather an instinct and a wish to experience what humans felt years ago,Until their existence became a myth.
As the sky,sandy landscape felt like eternity passing by .I got more closer to hut and could finally be see it,
I stopped and scanned the area.
[Loading 1. 2 .3
(Checking for threats)
[25%...50%...100%]
Done.]
[You may enter inside safetly Jerry :).]
The hut was built out of bricks, Yet what surprised me the most was how well it was maintained — Even though no human had lived there for centuries.
I slowly opened the door and entered inside I almost accidentally said:
" I..am... home."
I froze after the declaration and something started to replay in my system..
[System]
Alert:"Glitch!,Glitch"
In that glitch, I could see a child laughing as her mother patted his head,
"Good boy,Tom"
I asked myself:
T.O.M ?
The word echoed in my circuits again and again.I felt as if I heard it somewheere.
I raised my head and asked
"Who is Tom?,
"Oh… system… is this an error?"
System:
"Sorry the answer to this isn't found in our data."
Note:
"--->Consult Dr.William Robot to fix errors."
I dimiss and the system disappeared.
I realized my system can't be held accountability for this.
Maybe,
"Is it my own curiosity?"
I came in my sense and a look inside.There I could clearly see a hanging bulb which had plasma inside it.
Its light lit the entire room and something like an old device named radio was lying on a couch with a glass of water beside it.
I quickly rushed and grabbed the glass as I always wanted to taste it.
Maybe it will help me understand humans after all.
But as I tried to drink it ,The system rejected:
It's dangerous.
And the glass shattered right in my hands.
Panel:
Self defense mode was turned on-
I flinched and quickly saved my hands from the impact,
For a moment I could realize the dread of being a robot after all.
There was something which I couldn't identity.All I could say,
My system getting heavy as I l stared
at the shattered glass.My gaze was fixated on it.
I felt something but didn't know how to put it in words.
I took a deep sigh and looked at the radio on the table,
"Curse.. of..being ..robot.. at the end."