In a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, V, a deadly Murder Drone, has been programmed to eliminate the last surviving humans. On her latest mission, she encounters Lizzy-a young human girl who refuses to cower in fear. Unlike the others, Lizzy doesn't beg for her life. Instead, she challenges V, offering the Drone something she never expected: the possibility of change.
As their paths cross in the wreckage of a once-thriving colony, V is faced with a choice that shakes her programmed existence. Lizzy sees past the cold, deadly exterior of the Murder Drone and sees something more-a chance for redemption and a deeper connection. Together, they begin an unlikely alliance, navigating the dangers of a broken world, not just to survive, but to find hope, trust, and the possibility of something beyond destruction.
A Flicker of Trust is a story of transformation, where a cold-hearted weapon questions her purpose and a human girl's quiet bravery becomes the catalyst for a new path. It's a tale of redemption, trust, and the fragile bond that can form in even the darkest of worlds.
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Every force in the universe has its opposite. It's a law of balance, the inevitable pull between creation and destruction, light and darkness. For every Batman, there is a Joker. For every act of good, there is an answering evil. The same applies for all powerful, eldritch entities seeking to destroy all life.
Tessa, searching through the drone graveyards once again, manages to find you, an anomaly with a mutation in your code that rivals the solver. To Cyn, you are her antithesis, her opposite. Where Cyn revels in the idea of cosmic extinction, you stand as her counterbalance, a divine force driven by one purpose: the protection and preservation of life at all costs.
Thus would begin the long rivalry between you and Cyn, the divine being versus the eldritch entity.