Myth Summary: A Girl went out to the fields to pick
flowers. While she was doing this, a steel warbot spotted her and approached.
She ran from it, but it managed to keep up with her. She spotted some caves and
ran into them, hoping that the warbot’s size would prevent it from following
her, but follow her it did. It thunderously plodded after, smashing through
tunnel openings that were too small for it, its steel armor screeching as it
left silver paint streaks on the walls. Finally, the girl found herself in
front of a wall in a massive cavern. she tried to run back the way she came,
but the warbot tore through the only exit, tearing through the gap as if the
rock entryway was no stronger than paper. The girl backed up against the wall,
shaking with fright. She closed her eyes as the warbot lurched ever closer, its
creaking joints and clattering footsteps seeming to signal her coming demise. She
heard the warbot stop, and its arm servomotors whirred and buzzed. She
flinched, waiting for a flash of pain. When nothing happened, she slowly opened
her eyes to see the warbot looming over her, staring directly into her eyes. She
looked down and saw its massive fist clenched about two feet from her face. Then
the fist slowly opened. She gasped in shock when she saw the beautiful flowers
that the warbot appeared to be offering her. She put a hand to her chest,
looking into the red visor that burned in the warbot’s faceplate. She said “For
me?” The warbot’s nod was accompanied by the squeal of unoiled joints. She carefully
took the flowers, amazed that the warbot had been trying to help her this
entire time. When she looked closer at the warbot, she saw that its inhibitor
chip had been burned out by some kind of blast. The warbot had somehow overridden
its programming, turning from a soulless war machine into a loving helper,
capable of feeling emotions. As she walked out of the caves hand in hand with
the robot, she decided to fix up and name the warbot. It looked as if it hadn’t
been taken care of in centuries.
Moral of the story: Not everything is as it seems
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