As Kiddotron awakens, her body rockets forward; and she finds herself panting heavily, frantically looking around. Mr. 337 lays sound asleep next to her, peaceful and angelic. The three green creatures snore contently, as they dream of a jellybean world. Grinning, Kiddotron cherishes these souls that found her. The smile fades, as her head lowers. She cannot stay here anymore. Wiping away an oily tear, Kiddotron shakes off any organic emotion that attempts to hack her system. Leaning towards 337, the melancholy cyborg bestows a goodbye kiss upon his forehead. A metallic tattoo of her lips is stamped onto his skin. Rising to her feet, Kiddotron looks into the forest, ready to face anything that comes her way. Before she ventures off, she gives each of the creatures a caress upon their scaly heads.
"I would have named them Flotsam, Jetsam, and Loki," Kiddotron thought to herself.
As one of her boots snaps a twig, one of the green friends awakens.
Kiddotron puts a finger up to her lips. "Shhhhh."
What would have been Jetsam gazes at her sadly.
"Goodbye."
The solo-act robot girl sprints off to an unknown future, leaving anything comforting behind. It is how she was programmed.
(But, she secretly hopes that, one day, the path of 337 crosses with her own- to see those electric blue eyes one more time.)
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