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[onlyhonournow]

[if you look upon the The Fussin' Overlook™  this lovely afternoon, you will notice a giant robot standing with his hands idly on his hips with a serene expression on his face, quietly enjoying the sunset]

[it's also raining like fuck, but he doesn't seem to care.] 

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[bythehorns]

That sounds like, the sort of thing, you'd say in poetry, I think.

[onlyhonournow]

[chuckling]

It's just what I think.

[bythehorns]

Do you, uh, do robots have poetry?

[onlyhonournow]

We do. But I never had the chance to read that much of it, so I can't really tell you what it's like.

[bythehorns]

Was it, only for some people, to read? Or robots, I guess.

[onlyhonournow]

... Yeah. Some are luckier than others.

[bythehorns]

[nods solemnly]

Alternia was, like that too, mostly.

[onlyhonournow]

[moving the thumb Tavros is clinging ever so slightly, as sort of gentle understanding pet of sorts]

But some of us make our own luck.

[bythehorns]

[clingin' a little tighter]

That sounds, like a nice way to live.

[onlyhonournow]

Not everyone thinks so. But most of them were always lucky.

[bythehorns]

Y-yeah. I, uh. I definitely, knew someone, like that.

[onlyhonournow]

[...another reassuring thumb pet as he ruminates over how to respond]

It's... not easy. To not be lucky. To be told that that's all you deserve. It's not. You deserve more than that.

[bythehorns]

[there is a plink of troll horn leaning against robot thumb]

You're, uh, very nice. To me. And, in general, I think.

[onlyhonournow]

[slight awkward, sheepish chuckle]

I'm just returning the favour.

[bythehorns]

The, uh, favor?

[onlyhonournow]

Of kindness.

[bythehorns]

Oh.

[. . .]

I think, I like robots, better than most trolls, probably.

[bythehorns]

...Only not, in a way that's, weird.

[onlyhonournow]

[laughing.]

That's a pretty broad statement to be making. I'm just one robot.

[bythehorns]

You're right, I, uh, should have thought of that.

Are the rest of your people, not like you?

[onlyhonournow]

I don't know if this really answers your question, but... I'm not like anyone else. That's just the way it is.

[bythehorns]

I guess, that is sort of, an answer.

[onlyhonournow]

... I'd like to be able to live in a world where everyone is judged by their own merit.

[bythehorns]

I think, I would still be, in trouble there....

[onlyhonournow]

[... thumb pets are now a thing]

There isn't just one way to live. Everyone's worth something, in a different way.