Random Rhyme and Petty Prose : Robots by Bill Schott |
Robot narrowed and widened the frequency of its scan to facilitate a more accurate location for the item identified. A metric grid was eventually found where the life force was standing.
Robot disengaged the force field, releasing the lifting gases, and lowered itself to the ground using tiny boosters. There, standing next to a huge statue of a man, was the surviving robot. "How was annihilation of Robot avoided?"
"Luck," said the surviving robot.
After analyzing for a microsecond, Robot spoke.
"There is no solution to the calculus without the use of the variable element," said the survivor.
"Robots have completed the initial and seconary phases of reconfiguration," said Robot.
"The final phase requires the dissolution of robots, which will release the genetic materials within."
"Robots to terminate in ten seconds."
As the last second ticked away, Robot said, "Go with God."
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