A living THING

of the building was beautiful. It had 6 large crystal like pillars, 3 in each side of the entrance door and huge stairs that lead towards it. The building behind it had many floors and two

lder. Almost 200 years. And it hav

ir, cut down shoulder length and a thick braid around her head - from one ear to another. She didn't have much make up on,

Ms! How can

a director Cahlfer"

an appointm

ing today. Tell him that

wait a moment." she

r letters. I squinted eyes to see better. It said "RTK-163". weird. I wonder what it means. My thoughts are interrupted when a man walked in the reception area, where

ch an honor to have you here. And w

fer. This is my daug

asure!" he t

shake. It matched his s

here for. But I suppose it is obvious to you

ndroids as well personal companions. We also sell a regular robots and working machines, but it is not our focus now - days anymore. And we have a lot more, you name it. Now we stride to achieve more human like looking and acting androids. You probably already me

somebody days ago, and I am really worried about her safety now. A bodyguard - who looks

of work. It is too dangerous for them. They can get killed. But by providing our compatible protection androids, they can find and have much safer job. And androids can do things what humans can't.

my father, that the android is for me - so I would have the choice to decide for myself. But knowing him, he still wo

t some who can do their job. And it would be muc

I am afraid to say. But I guarantee that their work abilities and performance is

portant thing is that Kyra is safe." dad looked at me assuring.

ally don't allow unauthorized persons to enter manufacturing premises. But because you

lkwood. It made it sound like I am some middle

ust call me Kyra." I added so he wo

e desk where Angela was an

oth to get in restricted areas." he h

e light illuminating stripes on each side of the "room". Wow! It looked so clean. Not even a single spot, probably not even a visible fingerprint on a wall. We started to go down. One floor, two, tree, ... seven? How much deeper are we going? I

ahlfer." one of the

an android. This one with no expression at all. So they still employ real pe

h high ceiling - almost 2 or 3 stories up. Everything was filled with rows and rows with robot parts - body parts. It surprised me - the room was very bright with the same color theme as in the elevator. White, spotless with blue lights illuminating here and there. While I take

you are interested in. I am afraid I can't show you how we make everything f

everything in one specimen. You can take a look around and se

y you after a minute. I still have some thing

, d

r, don't tou

ave to stres

ness talk again. I was too tired. I let my father to handle every

parts, but it all had very simple structure. It looked more like soldier armor. I decided to check things down the at the very end. It was much more darker, with less light illuminating everything. Was I allowed to go this far? Mr Cahlfer would have said something. He just told 'not to touch anything. So far I haven't lifted a single finger. The more closer I was getting the

e was different. I think this wouldn't show on the final product. There still must be a real outer skin to be put on the top of the facial features, what I am seeing here. Mr Cahlfer said they should look like human beings. So I doubt he will look like this in the end. I was still looking at this face. It kind of captivated me, I couldn't take my eyes of it. For split second I forgot I am looking at the robot, at the machine. Then suddenly I heard a faint mechanic soun

y in this machines eyes. It seemed to look into my soul. That's

e are you, honey?" I heard m

k. I felt so uneasy. That face... those eyes.... The events from days ago started flood in my mind again. At this moment

hat happened? Are you

It scared me for a moment. I didn't expect to see them. It was dark, it just spook

mething serious happened to you." said Mr Cahlfer. For a first tim

e go home now? I d

it really scared me. I just wanted to go home and forget about

ust need to settle some things with Mr Cahlfer.