I Simply Am (A tiny story for the TheSerpentTheCharmer's illustration Herbert & Isle)

“Robot, do you think there are more like us?”

“No.”

“Robot… May I ask you something?”

“Yes.”

“Why are you always so sad?”

“Because one day you will fall from my shoulder.”

“Don’t we all die?”

“I do not.”

“Why?”

“Bird, I am a machine, I am not alive, I simply am.”

“Were there others before me?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me about them.”

“There used to be a snake that would coil around my arm, a frog that would sit on my head, a rabbit that would hop by my side, a mouse that would sleep in my hand. They are all gone my dear sweet Bird, and you are the last of those living things…”

(I love this illustration, and I am glad my remix is getting so many hearts!!!)