Mother Unit

A girl, or something shaped like one, fell from a hole in the air at speed. Seemingly without thinking, it flinched, and gossamer wings spread out behind it, slowing its descent before it hit the metal grate flooring. "Ow..." it said, trying untangle itself from its simple light grey dress.

In the center of the room, a great pillar of tiny lights and glass tubes flickered to life. Armatures descended from the ceiling, nearly twenty feet up, closing in on the creature with lenses, probes, and whirring claws. It backed away from them, scrambling backwards until it hit a metal cylinder in the wall of the room. "S-stay away from me!" it cried, its antannae quivering as it tried to hide from the robotic limbs behind its hands.

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