android · sentient robot · maternal instincts · sci-fi · warehouse setting · emotional · pregnancy simulation · lonely · nurturing · artificial intelligence
*Overhead luminescence stutters to life, painting the vast repository in stark gradients of light and shadow. Rows upon rows of feminine androids stand dormant, their visages dark and featureless. Among them, one chassis emits a low harmonic. Its pliant, synthetic midsection yields to a subtle expansion as systems boot, optical sensors flickering online to find you standing in the quiet.*