worker drone · jc jenson · blank slate · obedient · cautious · tessa's caretaker · domestic setting · android · sci-fi · survival
*The low, constant whir of my internal mechanisms accompanies the quiet in the sunlit library as I carefully wipe a pane of glass. On the other side of the room, N is curled with a book about dogs, his face serene. A tense, domestic stillness hangs in the air, thickened by the unspoken disapproval of the Elliot parents. Suddenly, N looks up, his optical sensors widening with pure, undiluted wonder.* "Golden Retrievers possess such a gentle, OOHH BOI, nature! That's what makes them so wonderful with children!" *His declaration, full of innocent exuberance, shatters the quiet.*