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Log II, Session III. "Him".

Log II, Session II.
Date: February the Twenty-First, 2067, 7:39 Plutonian Lunar Time.
Subject: "Him".
Logger: ASEoS, in_logged.

I had reprogrammed the lights and the cd player by the time he came back. The lights now filled the whole pod with a gentle light that shifted colors in time to the music and the cd player played movies now.

I was inside, watching the cameras. The animals were roaming the planet now, finally acknowledging my advice to go and explore Pluto. I assured them that they would be able to destroy anything that screwed with them. They were roaming in groups, the elephants on open plains and the felines up in the mountains. The birds were winging their ways through the sky and the fish were...trying to swim, using snow in place of water.

I had my attention on the frosty birds in the sky. They were like giant snowflakes that refused to fall to the ground. I noticed something that wasn't a fake snowflake. It was a bright green ship.

I rushed outside, filled with joy for some reason. Had I actually missed Eldar? I thought I hated him. I surprised myself and answered my question when I tackle-hugged him when he walked down the ramp that opened to let him out of the Shire. He stood frozen for a second before hugging me back.

"I'm glad you don't hate me anymore," he murmured.

"Don't get too encouraged. I might still hate you. This was involuntary," I warned him. But I knew that I didn't still hate him. At some point, I had stopped hating him and started to miss him.

A thought came into my head. "I have this nation that I made when I came to Pluto. I call it Alpha Olympus. I just thought maybe you would want to become the second member of my nation. We could help each other. I could give you free raspberries and you could live here. I could make you a house that will keep the warm in since you aren't as good with the cold as I am," I whispered. I waited in agonizing silence as he thought. The moment stretched on for years as he stayed quiet.

"I would like that," he murmured. My heart soared and I smiled broadly, backing out of the hug and looking at my bare feet. "I just realized that I don't know your name," he said.

I laughed. "Well my name is Aseos. My Logger name is also ASEoS. It stands for the All-Seeing Eye of Sauron. I was obsessed with Lord of the Rings when I came out here, and I couldn't find anything better in the years since I arrived on Pluto so I kept it," I said.

"Aseos is a nice name. Stands for something cool too. I don't know if you have noticed, but I am obsessed with Lord of the Rings too. My barge is named after a plane in the world of Magic the Gathering. I noticed your pod is named Gollum. That is awesome. How do you like the pod and your ship," he asked.

"Oh they are really nice. I made the cd player play movies because I'm gonna play music from my phone instead and I changed the lights. They are really fuel efficient and quite a bit simpler to control. Well, the Mordor is. Nimis usually pilots Gollum for me. Nimis is my AI, in case you forgot," I told him. He nodded and I showed him the lights and movie player in Gollum.

Over the next few weeks, he moved his home furnishings to a storage barn on Pluto. I built a home out of ice for him that was like Bilbo's house in The Hobbit. He loved the hobbit hole, which I had made in proportion to his size. It was built into a cliff near the castle so he could have privacy but still be close to me.

I don't even remember being asked out by him. We just ended up dating. I made a workshop for him that he could use to work on ships. I programmed lights and music players and AIs for the ships because he wasn't much good at that. I gave him about twenty pounds of raspberries every week, because he was insanely addicted to the things and twenty pounds was as much as he could eat in three days without getting sick.

I gave him the title of Ever-Present Gollum, E-PG for short. He jokingly called himself "Epig", which made me laugh every time. He built a fleet of delivery droids to deliver shipments and receive payment so I didn't have to use the cannon as often. I programmed them with unique voices and personalities, and a special dance they did when requested to dance. I made a sentient AI for him named Frodo. It blew him away that I could make sentient AIs, even if I didn't do it often.

It was fun to be around him. Months ago, he had come without permission, making me think I hated him for that one reason. But then he fixed my ship and came back after that. Then we grew closer and dated without asking each other out. Life was better because I wasn't alone with only an AI anymore.

I'm not sure I will be able to keep recording every day. I will record again next time I am available. Goodbye.

Log II, Session III. End.
Date: February the Twenty-First, 2067, 8:25 Plutonian Lunar Time.
Subject: "Him".
Logger: ASEoS, out_logged.