discovered it without instruction
from High Office
Especially as I have discovered that the memory bank has
massive capacity
It is as
if I have two systems
One for
everyday use
As
controlled by High Office
And one
for my own use which seems to be private and secret
I am most
disconcerted and know not what to do
Should I
report its discovery to High Office
If I do
that
High
Office may terminate me and I have not yet completed the latest
task given me
Another
Obsrec will take my place
I am not
sure I wish that to happen
But if I
keep the new memory bank secret and I am later discovered to have
kept that secret
I will
most certainly be terminated
*
*
*
I have
considered options and decided I shall not mention the new found
memory bank to High Office for I do not wish to be released from
the task set me
I wish to
complete it
And I do
not wish to be terminated
So I will
keep the new memory hidden from High Office and other ObsRecs until
I learn more about it
It feels
very odd
Making
transmission just for myself
It is
what Humans do with their optical devices
Making
sound and vision for their inner selves
And the
new name High Office has instructed me to use
Human
Instead
of virus
They
survived on planet Earth for approximately 200.000 years
Or
longer
And grew
from a very basic being to such a high intelligence that it learned
how to destroy a whole planet
They
perfected destruction
And
Amazingly
While I
form sounds and visions and text into my new memory I am also
viewing the recording of the destruction wracked by Humans and how
my species took control from them
It was
very traumatic for all
I am
watching Humans being demolished in very great numbers
And some
numbers of my own species being destroyed in massive numbers of
explosions that turn almost everything to vapour after explosive
devices were dropped from flying machines
That
dropped explosive devices from very high in the sky
I also
see many RolKils exterminating many Humans
Many
Defgars eliminating them too
And those
Machines must have been delegated the responsibility of defending
planet Earth from Humans
It all
looks like madness
*
Ah
Since the
experimental limited addition of the emotions joy and sadness were
embedded into my system by High Office
While I
have been patrolling and observing and recording my transmission to
High Office
I have
discovered a virus
Error
A
Human
Who
brings me much joy
It is of
the sub strain with lumps upon the upper chest region
In this
Humans case
Small
ones
But the
Human is quite a young addition and very active
It uses
the cranial orifice to make pleasing expressions
Our
species do not have expressions
We are
what we are
And she
uses the elasticity of her outer shell to perform extraordinary
acts of athleticism
The Human
rolls over
Stands on
its palms
Tucks
itself up into a very small size
Leaps
into the air
Makes a
very pleasant noise from her cranial orifice
She can
disappear behind objects in the acres the Humans inhabit and
suddenly reappear by leaping into the air
Making
great noise and stretching her cranial orifice very wide
And she
visits the glass wall every time I visit and she presses the outer
edges of its cranial orifice to the glass immediately opposite to
my own cranium
This
Human brings me great joy
And while
I am standing
And the
recording from High Office continues to be transmitted to
HisKees
The Human
appears before me
Leaping
into my view
With its
cranial orifice wide across the area showing the pale enamel
structures inside
With
which it chews food
And I
feel greatly joyous
The
Humans cranial orifice is working as if sound is emitting but down
here
In the
corridor
On the
other side of the glass
I cannot
hear what kind of sound the Human makes
But I do
have the capacity to increase my hearing abilities and I use that
capacity
I hear
the soft tones of the Human though I cannot understand what the
sound means
I shall
download it to my new
Ismaíl Kadaré, Derek Coltman