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My Father led me through the large metallic doors, and the soundscape of heavy machinery and clanking metal grew louder.  I could hear conveyor belts, drilling, lots of moving parts, and very little human voices.  It was if I had been directed into a new realm separate from humanity.  My understanding of factories was only through games in the Dream Park, and those had only been a cartoony version.  “Wait here,” my Father whispered in my ear. 
I had only seen pictures of the assistive bots on the MUGEN NET, and I had heard stories from the kids at school.  They only seemed to bring it up around me because of my condition.  I didn’t really like the attention.  These assistive bots had been a topic of discussion in the news for five/six years now, but their development began twenty some years ago by Geodyne, the leader in robot technology.  It wasn’t until now that they decided to release some prototypes due to smoothing out dangers and any bugs.  Because of my Father’s wealth and connections, I would be the guinea pig for Geodyne.  I fought with great resistance whenever he brought it up, but it always ended with the same words, “your life could be so much better”.  My life was good enough, I thought. 
He laid the news on me last night over dinner, and I was devastated.  It was already enough being the only blind girl at my private school, there was no need for more negative coverage with this robot following me around and living my life.  I had worked so hard to overcome my loss of sight, and this humanoid thing would make all that void.  “Hello, you must be Mizumi-Chan,” a kind, almost melodic female voice said.  I nodded my head.  “My name is Shion, and I’m excited to meet you.”  A cold hand rested on my shoulder, this was the beginning of my relationship with my Assistive Bot.           

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