"I would never lie to them!" you say indignantly, frowning a bit, but softening, "And I'd never hurt you."
"Fascinating." it responds, "Do the other humans know that?"
Before you have a chance to retort, the door scrapes open slowly and an unfamiliar guard hurries in. He seems confused and a little panicked. "What?! What is it?! Are-..." he slowly trails off as he stares at what you have in your hands. "Is...that...the thing...robot thing...?"
You nod. "Yeah."
"Is it...safe?" he asks, approaching with caution, running a hand through his short, ginger hair.
"I think so, yeah." you say, eyeing the little AI carefully.
He reaches out to take it from you, the little form not even bothering to fight back. No little pokes with the knife, no attempts to get away, just resignation to it's fate. Not unlike Mouse as she was led out of here just a few hours ago.
Your thoughts turn to her and you wonder what she's doing right now...
"I uh..." the guard looks like someone holding a dead rat they found in the pool. He makes a quick call on his radio, then turns to you like he's about to say something, but ultimately decides against it. He nods to you. "Uh...thanks." Then shuffles out of the room with the little orb in tow. The entire time the eye-lens never looking away from you, silently watching.
You sit on your bunk, again left with your thoughts. Did you really betray him? Was he ever really an "ally" at all? You weren't exactly close or anything. Hell, he's not even supposed to exist. Not to mention he could've been tampered with more than you know...you did the right thing.
Right?
The night goes on quietly as always. You wait up for a bit to see if anyone is going to come speak to you, but after a while you just assume they've either got nothing to say or will talk to you in the morning. You lie down and try to get back to sleep. It doesn't come easy, but it comes eventually.
(cont.)