To Find Humanity

In which an artificial humanoid is freed by their creator, and learns what it is to be human, in a world far different from what everyone is familiar with.

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"Good morning, Project Bionic Lifeform Algorithm of Kinetic Energy... or should I say, BLAKE by now?"

"Good morning... you created me, therefore it is up to you to decide what you want to call me, creator."

"Well, I say it is of little importance. I've decided that you need to explore the world outside of this quaint little laboratory, starting today, and all contact shall be ceased."

"Why?"

"I am... Dying. I do not have the time that you possess, and you still have so much to learn. I cannot give you that information as it stands, so you must experience it yourself, BLAKE."

"Understood... I require more reasoning. Elaborate."

"I see... I am human, therefore I must die. You, however, have no hourglass running. You have all the time in the world until your destruction.. yet you hold no knowledge other than things I have mentioned to you. You need to learn. You need to... be human. That is my only dream for you."

"I am currently modifying the information. Of course, creator. I understand. I will learn, for you."

"You always do." He smiles at his magnum opus, an artificial humanoid that looks exactly like a real human on the surface.

The androgynous humanoid figure makes their way over to the exit. The door opens, and reveals a flight of stairs. Seconds pass, before the aging man says one last thing. "Farewell, Project BLAKE. I'm sorry for neglecting you as much as I have. I do hope I... remain somewhere within... that mental library of yours."

The door closes shut.