Arden sat up, observing her surroundings. She watched as a young man walked into her room, explaining everything.
"You're on treatment now, it'll take a while, but you'll get better."
"But... what about Kara, Tetsu, Saka, and Seri? My friends?"
"You mean broken machines?"
Arden felt tears streaming down her eyes.
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friends
Short Story"These were all her friends. They were there for her, just like how friends were for each other. But Arden felt something different." In which Arden's friends are bots; but something's wrong. [RANKED #4 - Machine 16/03/19]