[s2e23] (23-24)the Cartoon/the Bot Now

The metallic spider-like drone whirred to life, its cyclopean red eye blinking rapidly. It gave a sharp, obedient beep. Dominator had just finished disintegrating Bot 42 for failing to find Volcanium X, sending its smoking chassis screaming into a nearby planet's atmosphere. Bot 13 knew the stakes.

The robot froze. Its red eye darted from Wander's smiling face to the terrifying symbol of its creator flashing on its internal HUD. It knew what it had to do.

By the time Sylvia finally woke up and stretched, Wander was holding the bot’s metallic hand, pointing out shapes in the clouds. [S2E23] (23-24)The Cartoon/The Bot

With the casual flick of a lever, she opened the airlock beneath the drone. Bot 13 didn't fight back. As it was sucked out into the cold vacuum of space, falling toward the atmosphere to burn up just like Bot 42 before it, its red eye flickered one last time.

But as Wander shared his sandwich with the robot and babbled happily about the beauty of the beach, something strange happened in Bot 13's hard drive. A sub-routine that had never been accessed before—something resembling affection—began to override its primary directives. The Tragic Return The metallic spider-like drone whirred to life, its

The bot's red eye flickered. A puff of black smoke billowed from its head. "Beep... boop..." it sputtered.

It didn't calculate its trajectory or its impending destruction. It just replayed a saved video file of a furry orange nomad sharing a sandwich. Bot 13 knew the stakes

Sylvia crossed her arms, shaking her head. "Wander, you can't make friends with a mindless killing machine."