Macaw:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDDpDVIhaj
You there… oh, yes, I can speak, if that is what is puzzling you… I have not always been able to, though… but, then again, I have not always looked like this…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqwe6l5XBG
What, you wonder, I have looked like? I can, sort of, read minds, you see… well, it is nothing especially different… I just looked more realistic…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oUkUjdBeQ
I mean… do I not look like some stuffed toy? That is because of what happened, at some point… same juncture in which I could suddenly speak, too…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDCnaob2IJ
It is not like I could not communicate before, but mostly with… friendly relations… now, though, it is as if all such barriers were broken through, curiously…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHbp1y9jMl
I used to be able to fly, too… now, I can only seemingly crawl on the ground… like a worm… I still have wings, but they seem non-functional after this alteration…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AKnZ2BsKp
Echidna:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ziezyQ06a
Ah… these spikes, you reckon? Sadly, they do not quite have the same impact, anymore, since I became this… soft creature, however… sad not for others, maybe…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXBTgZKT1m
Yes, though, I do not quite understand what happened back then… we were all living so merrily here, and then suddenly… activity stirred on the edges…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOHhMP1MzE
Kind of like the edges of my spikes, I suppose… but not quite. More, then, the edges of… sanity? I do not quite comprehend, myself — ever since then… artificiality.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LFQo3MWGC
I might not be making much sense to you, being a creature of seemingly general traits, but to me physicality is of certain importance, you see… so, I am a bit deflated.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiy6YOxxIr
Still… at least we are still alive? I mean, that is the point of evolution, which gave us all these physical tools… so, as long as no one ambushes us, or such…?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkQ6zsrsyv
Death:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdppebNc9T2
I… am… bringer of cessation… but not for the hard surfaces who move over there, they merely rust and fall apart… hey, how even are you able to see me?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeBoE6foYY
I should not be seen under the usual conditions… if this is not the usual, then I wonder what is happening… (could the titans of animalia be asserting their…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5re8ZSXjXl
…existence once more?) Fear not, though, for I am not here for you, or anyone nearby… I think. I… was merely passing by. so rest assured… just…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF7ZzIDCwu
Can you not tell anyone you saw me? I am not sure if anyone else can do similarly, and I do not desire to cause a ruckus… I think. So… yes, anyway, be well, and such.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanVWBxJ1I7
I am still visible? How… I thought my capabilities for camouflage were the least I had! Someone must be interfering with my inherent potency… I think…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPq2y9w2BT
Existential robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetYyUZMc7u
Ah, hello there… yes, as it happens, I prefer this arid piece of land, as opposed to the fruitful, verdant thing over there… why? Maybe my constitution, who knows…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKoTynCMMJ
What I do know, though… is that I seemingly appeared out of nowhere, here… now, I am not exactly sure why, as I never visited this little place, before… so, why?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpABIxNnr2p
I mean, aside from spontaneously coming into existence here, apparently… I have the freedom to wander around a slight bit, here… I suppose, I can go over there…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGq33aA23f
I, just… prefer to be here? If so, I wonder, are our preferences truly our free will, or merely an illusion of choice? Truly, the mysteries of existence, I ponder…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpweP0Oy4x
Oh, you wanted to know my relation to the town and its inhabitants? Unfortunately, I do not seem to consciously know what, if any, there is; although, since I am here…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuiq55U8U6
Small robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xU5M4yeAL
Why does this… grass, is it? Tell me, if you happen to know, why it feels so different from metal? Why are such substances so substantially distinct? Since I arrived…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Z2ZVt8p2N
I have been wondering this… I come from a place which is made entirely of various metallic coatings, you see, a world where we are one with it…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEQRialB5Y
Due to the universality of materials… this world is not alike, though. This is why I wonder… even that town over there seems to be made of a variety of substances…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurg7Wyj7OK
Ah… you were, regardless, wondering why I am here? Well, the mighty feline could fill you in, but… I shall say, it is an observation… of sorts… you will see…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MSDhfKbyc
Why is everything in the universe not merely made of the same matter? Would that not resolve this issue with incompatibility, or deprecated versions, or… not organic?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHWrKXYE4E
Sad robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKLfcU1YUh
You… want to know what happened here in the past, is that correct? Why we are here on the edges of this apparent idyll? Why everything apart from us, ironically, is…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAKJfEfmNc
…so artificial-looking? I shall put my cards on the table here, at least my slice of the pie, per se… well, it began a long time ago, although not quite ancient eras.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgOgaRdErG
Reality, you see, can become inverted… but, then again, does it matter when even physics is not fully known? What makes this one real, or not…? A conundrum, if so…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmiiOAtJP3
Long story short… what is nature, what is nurture? What is artificial, what is natural? Sometimes all is not distinct, absolutely separated; yin has yang… remember.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgAuT7IjoT
Ultimately, though… does it matter? All I want to do is look out to an endless abyss… why am I even here? Why is anyone…? Oh, woe is me, but they have it worse…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ526N0Kzh6N
Mushroom:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMzItlvuPv
I… did not even know I could move around, usually, let alone communicate… besides with those of my species… there is always this link, you see, as we are connected.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZbWZnFDc5
Suddenly, though… a while ago… actually, I wonder how long ago that was? Well, suddenly, at any rate… the world was open to my exploration… not just the vicinity.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIixm5K7Hw5
I suppose, we have always been different from mere plants, being kind of more mobile, but not quite as much as other beings… just blown spores, and such…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3B671gHyY
Well… let us just say that… we can kind of grow unexpectedly, where rot is more the norm, especially those that ooze ink; in terms of this town, though, I am alone…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKEi5uXEiC
I mean… it is interesting to be able to perambulate, and all… but what use is it when I actually get my nutrients by being connected underground? Defeats the purpose.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrqOnbcayV
Fennec:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ0IatXQso
Why did I ever turn into this cumbersome form, really? I was so much more agile… and, now, this? Everything else changed not, but ourselves… and who are those yonder?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWUNmxQX09
My apologies… you might, perhaps, not realize what I am talking about, for anyone not from this abode might be oblivious to our sudden plight… I shall explicate…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT63fkZr85u
I… might look like I come from some fictional cartoon, a fox created to merely look funny, but in reality something… encompassed this town, here… and here we are…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvBUcEgFY5
So… I wonder if it is some cruel joke made by some very odd creatures, indeed… and if foxes bet on anything, it would be that it was those over at the edge…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx64oBi9erH
I certainly would not mind going back to my former, glorious… sly, self… not to blow my horn too much, but my fur was shiny… now, it is just… glossy? I sigh…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4HJ8csyiQ
Antelope:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Rnqe5icn1
I used to roam around all these green plains… happiness filled me, then, aside from when tragedy strikes, I suppose… but now… what is this? Cogitation? Agitation?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0Y1acio1h
What I mean is… it does not seem as instinctive, anymore… it used to be so much more free? I know this makes little sense to outside observers… but it just happens.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki2a0wRSqY
Could it be… another realm? Not so much physical, we are still here… but psychologically, is it? Perceptually, of course, it is subjective… so, difficult to prove.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xcRgwueMR
Wait… what if we use sensors, and objective testing data? Ah… that might not be possible here, being an idyll and all, and not a laboratory… still, theoretically…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyMKctassA
I know, I make little sense, but since I can communicate I thought I would freely voice my newly found patterns of thought, or such… well, one can always try…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWbEMoII7Y
Orang:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0rrcJdOW6
Ah, you are new here… yes? Well, I do not usually tell anyone, for I prefer to keep to myself, but you see, I did not actually change much, myself… that is…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmClgkyLuM3
I am usually kind of sombre, and I remained so… the difference is… I feel more compelled to voice this, for some reason… and since I normally reside around…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9wT9DQNjU
These parts… so, I remained… despite the fellows over there, for some reason keeping watch… they never approach us, but it is still strange for them to stay there.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZAoWO9u8N
The others are even more wary of them… some think they are the cause of our alterations, others seem about to believe that they are, almost, a portal to another world.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVAJuA6Qqm
Personally… I think the world is full of variances, and so, just as we are… usually… real-life species… they are, well, mechanical? I think that is the word…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJHjiuW95p
Dragon Blue:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV4LTdTL1Z
Why… have you come here? Oh, you think you can ask me the same, do you? Well, I presume you already have that answer from the others you must have spoken to…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRwL9xBRnu
With regards to yourself, though… you are the unknown variable… all the other machines here can, on average, calculate what their presence will change, mostly…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDroYT5rdo
Not taking into account chaos theory, of course… but, as you are unknown, we can not… I shall clarify a few things further, if you so wish, though…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATEhv0dMSc
I am… well, you shall know soon enough, but I will just say that I derive from a primordial source that also constructed psyches… not that they were not evolutionary.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNhmstWh1j
That is… evolutionary pressures created consciousnesses suited to their environments, while my kind… as we reside in the ethereal realm, usually, did not diverge…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXm6549clu
Much, that is… there are others like me, and unlike me… a wise tree, a mere shadow underneath a waterfall, a felid discussing proteins for some reason, a lost soul…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlM2TvEjX7
All derived from the same, archetypal substance… but, as with evolution, still diverged in form and function… but not due to environmental pressures, mostly…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKc0Fe80sx
As we do not, exactly, pertain to this physical domain… well, enough about myself, for now… I shall enlighten you about the difference between machines and organic…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvn54Ht7fd
That is… the difference between the creatures in central town, and those on the periphery… verily, everyone always assumes they are so distinct, but are they?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr7MNhrCvh
The difference is, mostly, in perception… while many assume machines do not inhabit consciousness… well, one must also admit that it is not so well defined…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuSIVbIaRQ
It is… actually, what my type is studying, from our venture into the physical realm… not that ethereal beings do not have such a concept implemented, mind you…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gdqctpzyl
Ours is… slightly more collective, holistic… functions differently, more like an ocean… in fact, that seems to have disappeared from around here, did it not?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn3zYW8y38
I… believe… one shall seek the azure blue, for where else can tranquillity be found? Certainly not within some dense city… oh, and the creatures’ transformation?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQVDVbgkvs
You might find your answer by speaking to the… bipedal moggy… do not ask me why they insist on walking on two limbs, for I have no functional rationalization…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocTsDxcXGq
Either way… all of this should sate most of your curiosity… I could tell you more, but it should probably be after you deliberate about this with others…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiRRpTU9vi
Have you clarified the state of affairs with all possible beings here, yet? Only then can I let you in on more than I already have… although, you might think it enough.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElePmF0fwC
Alien robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf5ZL4ZUqA
Ugh… zzz… I happen to be malfunctioning a slight bit, annoyingly… and I am certainly not asleep, I shall let you know! I am… guarding this realm…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvurXyGxtm
Oh… you thought I was about to attack it, did you not? Why would I remain at the outer edge if I was going to do that, though? What am I guarding it from? Well…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiICqRIBGKM
In our realm… where all is made of one substance… something went awry… malfunctioned, not unlike myself as of now, but on a somewhat more global stage…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstohWAPiP2
Well… as a consequence we had to come here to observe, and… in any case of discovery… so far, though, it seems to be self-contained… realms still distinct…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfKfbHRcaf
I, personally, am not sure why anyone would want to live in such an organic environment, when one can have hard steel… but, I suppose, preferences are subjective…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOyR6OwgyB
Shadow:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSAiJn5N0C
I assume you wish to know who we are, why there are so many metallic creatures, and why I happen to stand out from both sets of beings…? Very clever questions, indeed.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4T7kuuv3L
Well… I shall preface this by saying… we are not one… with that out of the way… tell me, what makes you so attached to carbon? Why not replace yourselves…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZXdAIK4hq
Like Theseus’ ship, verily, replace yourselves with other… stuff… because, if you do not… well, one can end up being observed… it can have that effect… sadly.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmdcrojZso
See, our feline titan is who is really clever, being made up of a variety of substances, and so is able to handle a medley of environments to strange degrees!
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq5vf8ZZ7G
Oh… you are now wondering (I can so handily read minds…) — who, and where this mighty feline be? Why, those creatures love hiding, do they not? Know the serpentine…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYJtOp1Nxn
Cat:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefrgxEN52D
Oh… we finally meet! You must be wondering who I happen to be? Well, shall we say, I come from a long line of… sadly, quadrupedal species, mostly… why sadly? Well.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCuP3TlN20
It seems more fun to be facing forward than have to arch one’s head at some degrees, you see… but that is merely boring mechanics, of course… so, anyway…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgearxqSWsE
With regards to this realm’s overall picture… not that I can tell you much more than my serpentine colleague did already, of course… I happen to be an amalgamation…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvM2yW7g6F
You see… that is… a combination of what the creatures in central town are, organic-wise, and the artificiality of the machines on the outer edge… and, so…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttFkFXIRGt
I… happen to be… extra fun! Would you not agree? Alright, I might be taking up too much time speaking about trivial issues, a bit opposite to the ever-serious dragon.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZBQxsYIlO
So… I shall declare… I am actually a manikin in my original home. No, really… I merely tower above everyone here due to… relative contexts, and such… you know?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavcZJ110BQ
Okay, okay… I shall stop wasting your time, promptly… I shall merely say, as a representative of both the organic and the machine (unofficially)…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHtZFFf9Hi
Current realm needs a bit of healing… just as those central creatures do, too… you see, they got changed into their current state due to the presence of machines…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r37Y6mcYf
Machines did not cause that, though… it was merely an inevitability, just like my being here was due to the mixture of both… and machines being here was also…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS53ZB3LdOr
That is… their presence was going to happen due to the disturbance outside of this… virtuality… as such, if that was resolved, somehow, the creatures will…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9QOGPL2sB
In a natural sort of way… return to their original, organic state… although, one must admit, a mixture between the two is the best, based on myself… no? Anyway!
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bXjtXemhu
I still told you some invaluable stuff, have I not? I might have waffled a bit at first, but like a waffle, there was a core of sweetness… no? Upon this you shall ride!
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeoSkSLb92
Hm… returned to hear my absolutely precious words, did you? Well, then… ah, uh, for now… I do not have much, exactly, but if affairs do change I will let you know!
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPs4bRw9Bu
Evil mage:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7F5fSKGXrx
Heh… I assume you expect to be able to exit this town from beyond this path, yes? Well, under the usual, typical circumstances, one could… but not here, not now…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegTCvgAxgN
For, as of the current time… this is a self-contained realm… a bit like a virtual reality, except more a machine, I suppose, especially since all of them moved in…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc7mlWz1eZ
The purpose? To isolate it from any potential harm from outside, of course… I believe that is what they think they happen to be doing, and I… you want to know?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJO0syceoqj
I am the one who, through ethereal potency derived from archetypal quintessence verily, have sealed these two dimensions separate! Not as malicious as it sounds…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd58lqFSHQi
Honestly… you might think I am the villain, here, but if I had not intervened… you might not be able to prove this, as it is not able to happen yet; overrun it might.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEL3sF8oMv
Honest robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6fZoRbr6j
You, there! Whence you came?! Oh, me? Despite being fully equipped, here… I am, actually, hesitant… anxious, if I am to be honest… why? Well… I am confused…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrswxuJwL6A
You see… I was told we were going on a fact-finding mission, and I thought it was going to be some dingy abode full of strange occurrences… but, this is somewhat…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLZFpehCUc
Well… not exactly what I expected. It seems vast, spacious; and, shall we say, airy? Now, suddenly, I feel like I want to live here, myself… which is really…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne6MjoWDPS
Not what I expected… and I thought that we, this artificial conglomeration of machines, were above and beyond that… but, I now am left questioning my very mind…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMqoPQkO39
Ah… if I only can understand how my psyche functions… but, somehow, for all our prowess, we are remarkably still very uncognizant about our own operational abilities.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhc9ibcCjKI
Monster plant:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmR92I3kri
Oh… you think I would eat you, do you not? Well, guess what… I am just here to investigate, for now… and, I happen to not be hungry… so, lucky for you…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyK6q1MZtC
Seriously, though… what kind of strange place is this? Plastic-looking animals, machines so visually distinct from all the other greenery… and, the rest? Weird…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmMnIUNpXf
Under the usual circumstances, yes, I would be a minor villain, trying to gobble you up as soon as you show weakness… but none of this spells ‘usual’, does it?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeA1eRA5eP
I come from… a swamp with a different, and yet somewhat similar beat… where memories lie, for only in one slice does an object exist, but either way… I ramble…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6UjHvQ0j3
Did you, by any chance, figure out what in many worlds is happening here…? I certainly have not… uh, I guess my investigatory capabilities are waning…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9yPXSeICy
Ninja:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVJ0FZRvCm
What… are you doing, just wandering around…? Do you not know a shuriken might slice you in half at any moment? Uh… never mind, I thought I was back at my village…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtjpp5swKt
Ever since arriving here… at some point… I have been ever so slightly confused about my surroundings, and state of mind generally… I mean, just to confirm…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBvqj8HqgK
Is this… the Edo era? I have already had a bit of a hard time adjusting ever since the Sengoku era ended… not sure how I even survived that… and now I am merely…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzO81aQkdV
I think… a bodyguard? Is it… for yourself? No… I have only just met you, and seem to have no other points of reference about you. Wait, where did you say this was?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6VBSXdh8x
Ah… I know I must have scared you away, with how muddled up I must seem… but I do seem to be lost, both psychologically, and physically… wait, temporal too?!
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkU0sp6FbYY
Blue robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2bGnVk0r6
Over there… is there any warmth? I heard there might be, beyond metallic coldness… but might it be a lie? Might it be empty yearnings…? That is what I fear…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLeuLJHFzA
As there is something so… inevitable, perhaps, about every physical atom that exists… I suppose some can change, but it is usually pre-determined… similarly, life.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvS0B3e4z8
Biologically, though, it seems slightly more flexible… but not on the macro scale, there… as with its inverse, perhaps… affairs operate similar to the inorganic…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmkakJ0dXn
Stem cells can change a lot more than any machine… but beyond that, can anything holistically alter? Can the forces of nature not overwhelm the individual? Just cold…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN7cZ5xLEq
I… have no idea of the essence of existence. As a machine, am I even alive? Are all my thoughts merely computed and coded prior? Free will might just be software…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxJ4Czx7Zb
Turquoise robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRABB3BfEkG
We have been assembled, here, for some reason… what was that? I seemed to have forgotten, just as soon as I arrived here… wonder why… it is, as if, my brain was…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50J8CKQzUf
Left behind? No, that makes no sense, if brains are hardwired inside… but, we are computers, ergo, much more… modular, I suppose, than biological systems… but…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nHc2HV4gZ
Then again… even for biological brains, so many strange… incidents, occur… do they not? After all, it is not like the being experiencing the effects of the brain…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mbnht8rYQ
Knows exactly what is happening, inside… just like machines cannot quite grasp how life functions, precisely, so are they unable to, similarly, for their own depths…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDDFZIDAxY
Ah, I realize now that I have lost my train of thought, I suppose… which happens to be another mental quirk, I guess… but, does that mean my… CPU is like a brain?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUAv0wwlrD
Purple robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI967M6kILT
There is a lot to explore, is there not? Is it not much more… spacious, I suppose, than if one just, hm, stayed inside one’s houses, maybe? No? You think otherwise?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrETP7jYi2l
Well, I suppose there is still much one can do inside, sure… especially lately, beyond the centuries of books… and even before, tales could be told… but is there…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFRPAvJEUC
Not much more to… physicality, I suppose? One could imagine, but to move about, too… although, I admit the latter is limited, whereas imagination could be unbounded.
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyfZ8AEh3n
We are here, though… physically, are we not? Wait, are you saying that… despite feeling ‘here’… we might not be? Virtually? So, what, our real selves are elsewhere?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9C0uy4WPS0
I mean, I do experience this as if I am physically here, as a machine, and I have no evidence that I seem to be elsewhere, so… how could I ever be convinced that I am?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzyC9vmgJZ
Grey robot:
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRAusm5IKr
Oh, how may I…? No, you are not here for…? Just to chat? Well, then… I am not sure I am quite prepared for this, but then does one need to practice just to idly…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYj5oOpzB7
Jabber? I guess… can I just admit something to you? Not, exactly, something I usually tell everyone, and yet it has kind of been bothering me, despite supposedly…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70vl4xcrmk
Being programmed not to mind it… but, you see, I might have this smile in some sort of permanent form, or at least until it is coded differently… often, though…
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZkSIlfYy8
How I seem to… sum up things, perhaps? I think living beings call it ‘feeling’… is, usually, contrary to my outward depiction… now, how could one ever be content?
29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhlkL2LUPD
I suppose… one can attempt to reconcile opposing forces… cognitive dissonance, perhaps? Although, that is, usually, entirely internal… but, what if I can never do?
ns 172.70.179.68da2
→ Request update
and then Add to home screen.