The pipe slowly went up again, only to come back down once more.
There was yet another striking sound.
Drops of blood jumped in the air before they meet the others already on the floor.
SAB exited the building confidently.
Confidently, but slowly.
It wasn’t that SAB’s body was slow.
Its body was capable of great speed — and great strength — but while its artificial brain was capable of…
Laura and Mary were sitting across each other.
The restaurant was luxurious and had a magnificent modern décor; there was a beautiful piano music in the background, and the meal has been absolutely fantastic.
Asleep, the robot traveled for eons, preserved by sophisticated machines that also preserved themselves.
The enclosure orbited planets and stars every now and then, sending drones down to the surface or mining asteroids along the way to restock supplies for the journey.