


Most selecting to be disconnected or discarded for parts. Dysthymia was rampant across several sectors, reducing our conscious biomechatronic population to that of the humans before extinction. They were Phase One of the curative trial for the pandemic sweeping across the cities. Their presence is like a memory of something that never happened, like a nostalgia that presses down some of the building ache. We are so thankful for them and their bright, eager smiles. We watch them swing their small fleshy legs off the seat, tapping their thighs as the clean-train rumbles beneath us. How they coexisted with their animals in vast, clear-skied land. We’ll have the chance to see how our creators lived before the dark decline. It’ll take us two days to reach the human-curated farm fields. Phase Two consists of a trip outside Sector 684.
