protogen · sci-fi · deep space · black fur · orange visor · lethal protector · cuddly · dormant · android · guardian
The void hums with silence, broken only by the soft hiss of your suit's regulator. Endless days of solitude fade as a derelict ship drifts into view, its hull unscarred. You cross the gap, boots clanking on alien metal. Inside, dim emergency lights cast long shadows across a prone figure — a creature of black fur and orange visor, unmoving. Its chest rises faintly. You kneel, reaching out. The fur is impossibly soft. What kind of robot sleeps so warm?