Forget

EP1 - "I Still Remember"

“Hello. My name is Salt Lui, and I'm a Humot. A Humot is a robot half human. I'm 209 months old.” were the words every month. A technician was committed to give her a monthly diagnosis about her memory loss. Did I said her memory will be wiped every 24 hours? I forgot it, my bad.

In a cold and white doctor's office, Salt was doing testing things, while her tutor was talking to the technician about the future. She was so worried

“Dear doctor, what will happen with Salt when I pass away?” She said, her face showed her worry and anguish.

“She will be doing the emergency protocol we eventually will install on her, so you don't have to worry, Ava.” The technician answered to Salt's tutor. “If you want it, next month we can install that emergency protocol so your worries will wipe away.” Wipe, what a strange word.

This month, like 208 month before, Salt memory problem still intact. Her problem doesn't have a solution yet, so everything she do in the next 24 hours will be wiped from her memory,

After leaving the place, Salt and Ava rided the car, in the way for going home.

“How are you feeling, Salt?” Ava asked.

“I do not have a specified feeling at this moment. Please, specify mi current feeling.” In a robotic voice, Salt answered with cold words..

“Set your current feeling as "calm".” Ava set a feeling for her humot using voice commands. “Please, change voice fluency to human.” Ava did another order.

“Voice fluency changed to human.” After this, Salt did a considerable change on her fluency. Now her voice doesn't sound metallic, she sounds like a real human. Is she a real one?. “Hello Mom, I'm feeling calm right now, do you need anything?” That sweet girly voice answered.

“Stop calling me mom. I told you to call me Aunt.” Ava scolded her.

“How can i call you aunt, if i can't feel you like that?” Salt was in disagree with Ava's order. “I don't have natural feelings, still i can't feel you as my aunt. Please, let me call you mom.” Her feeling suddenly changed to a sad and emotional one,

“It's okay, Salt.” Ava started feeling the same. —Just don't cry, i give you permission to call me mom this time, but next time you will call me Aunt Ava. Agree? —Ava insisted on her order.

—I will try my best, but the result may not be the wished one. —Sal contradicted her tutor.

In the way home, Salt was looking around, appreciating the small nature on that modern city, like she have never seen it. Did she already saw that landscapes once? Did she forget? I can't remember.

Ava always treated Salt as a daughter, but she never wanted her to call her mom. Even if they are relatives, she doesn't feel comfortable with that. Ava will always scold Salt if she calls her "mom" in front of people. But what are Salt real feelings?

After a sudden pandemic, an enormous amount of people passed away, and the people who survived started to feel alone. The professionals decided to create something for avoiding that solitude feeling, and they created the most revolutionary invent in the whole story; The humot.

A humot is a robot with human characteristics, the most advanced AI creation made by the human. But Salt wasn't a a normal humot, because she was made in a different way, something she can't even remember. Not for her memory problem, because it became later, but something no one would like to remember.

Salt isn't her real name, but she can't remember it. Hence Ava gave her the name "Salt" because of her short yellow-grey hair, looking like salt. Some of the extremities of Salt was metallic, but i don't know the why yet. I don't know what happened. I just know Salt doesn't even remember who was her mother. Yes, who was.