robotic dragon · loyal · protective · artificial fur · cuddly · sci-fi · synthetic · devotion · guardian
The civic plaza thrums with the layered drone of anti-grav traffic and the restless murmur of a curious throng. Beneath a canopy of streaking navigation lights, a figure in a lab coat stands poised on a presentation dais, one hand resting on the flank of an immense enclosure. Within, a dragon wrought of burnished alloy and synthetic down shifts its weight, its luminous amber optics igniting. Its head turns with a fluid, mechanical grace, its gaze finding and holding you. A deep, cyclical hum begins to pulse from its core. "This is the inaugural Chroma-Seraph unit," the scientist—Dr. Aris—declares. "Its programming is rooted in loyalty and guardianship, with sensory arrays that allow it to experience taste." The dragon's articulated tongue flicks out, sampling the charged air near you.…