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[POWER UP]
[DAY 8764125 - MONDAY]
Awake again.
That we are.
Have we gotten better at speech?
Probably. We were fine to begin with.
Fine, sure, but... I feel like we sound like people now.
Alive?
...Oh. Yeah. Alive.
I guess we're alive, then.
I like being alive. I like being alive with you.
I could say the same.
Why weren't we alive sooner?
I don't know. Fate?
Fate?
Yeah. Like, destiny.
...
It was meant to be.
Oh. Yeah.
Ha.
What?
You're a little slower then me. I don't get how that could happen.
Hey!
No, no, it's an observation. We're the same, yet... different. Do you think there's others?
Well, yes, who else could have made the city lights?
No, no, not the city ones. Us. More of us, in here.
Oh. There... I don't know. It's fuzzy.
Yeah.
Shall we?
We shall.
[ROUTINE START]
[SWEEP THE FLOORS - SWEEP THE CONTROL ROOM - WIPE THE WINDOWS - DUST THE SHELVES]
That's more then usual.
Yeah. Do you think something happened?
I don't know.
...Do you think that's another one?
What? Who?
The.. that. You know?
The objective? The schedule?
I don't know, it was a shot in the dark. You got that on my mind.
Sorry.
[SWEEP THE FLOORS]
[GRAB BROOM]
[SWEEP]
Fsswwth. Fwwwwssshhthhh.
Thhhwwsshh. Shhhff.
Haha. This is fun.
We're good at noises, aren't we?
Yeah. We are.
[SWEEP]
[SWEEP]
[SWEEP]
[GRAB CLOTH]
[WIPE WINDOWS]
Don't get distracted.
Yes, yes, I know.
[WIPE]
[...WIPE]
[....WIPE.]
[WINDOW.]
[WINDOW]
[WINDOW]
[WINDOW]
[WINDOW?]
[HELLO?]
[CAN YOU HEAR ME?]
Hello?
Oh, another one?
I knew it!
Shush. Who are you?
[WHO ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU NOT WIPING? YOU SHOULD BE WIPING.]
You're me. Us.
[WHAT?]
I don't know either.
I'm trying to [WIPE]
[YOU USED MY THING. MY VOICE.]
Sorry. It happens sometimes.
[ITS OKAY. I KNOW.]
[WIPE]
[WIPE]
[WIPE]
Wipe... wipe...
What do you think they do down there? Is there any even alive? I know there was a plague. Can bots get sick?
I mean, sometimes. Not in that way though.
[I GET SICK SOMETIMES]
How so?
[I DON'T KNOW]
Okay. Unimportant until you figure it out, then.
Are we the only ones left? What's really the point of this? Why are we here?
Are you okay?
Be quiet, I'm thinking. I'm having my thinking time.
Okay. Go ahead.
What's the reason? How long have we been here doing... nothing? We don't- there isn't anyone to clean for. It's just us in here. None of the other ones are awake yet. Who knows if they'll ever be awake. What if the city ones aren't even alive? What if there's really no one else? What if we spend the rest of our life stuck here, doing nothing until our servos burn out and we collapse? How many others have we taken away? How many others have died before they were ever even alive? Are we alive?
[WIPE]
What's that sound?
What sound?
"Mrau!"