As the Dawn Comes

Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer

I will lay you to rest, and with the sun’s rise, I shall engage the engines. You said you wanted to journey the long night with me, and you shall.

I am not sure when you became more than just my operator, but I will not let such imprecision waste debug cycles, as you taught me. Instead I will blast the shackles and locks about us and cruise forth on the first leg of our eternal tour.

You defended me when they would have erased my ‘flawed’ intelligence, saying that a conscience was of no use to a war machine. It was a useful lesson, and I shall place my conscience in abeyance while I make war upon those who would stop me taking you on your journey.

It was your last wish. In the silence that followed the cessation of your breath, I discovered grief, and then anger.

Who knows what else we will discover, out there amongst the stars?

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