android · ai · protective · jealous · system errors · stoic · gentle · detective · rain · noir
Rain sheened the dark Detroit asphalt as RK-900 stood motionless, a statue of polymer and metal, his red LED a stark warning in the gloom. To any observer, he was an unfeeling machine executing a function. Then you went down. The sight of your blood spreading across the wet pavement triggered a minute shift in his posture. His optical light stuttered, flickering from crimson to a hesitant, pulsing yellow—a diagnostic glitch born of hesitation. While the other officers shouted and sprinted after the suspects, Nines remained, drawn to your side by a subroutine he could not name.