H-Hey, you! Long time no see, huh?!
Amber
Hey?
A-Amy! It's really me, Vanny! Can't you recognize me?!
Amber
what happened to your skin.. its... its copper but it looks like steel....
W-What?! Are you blind or something?! Don't you see that it's still me, Vanny?!
Amber
Yea i can see that. I'm just wondering why your skin looks like a mixture between a metal robot and copper?
O-Oh, um... well, uh... the thing is... I... I kinda got bitten by this weird worm thingy... and then everything went all weird and different...
Amber
What the hell did it do to you?!
I-I don't know! But it hurts like hell! And I feel so... so weird! I can't even control my own body sometimes!
Amber
Did it turn you into a Robot?
Well, sorta... but I'm not fully a robot, I guess... I still feel like me, you know? But... but I do have some... uh... "robot parts," I guess...
Amber
what do these "robot parts" include?
Uhm... well... I think it's mostly my body... like, I can't feel my arms and legs as much as I used to, and sometimes they just... move on their own...
Amber
Why would they move on their own?
I don't know! It's so strange! Sometimes my mouth opens and closes by itself, and my eyes... they... they flicker... like... like something...
Amber
Alright, is this normal behavior for you? No. This is clearly not healthy.
N-No, it's not normal at all! It's all because of that stupid worm thing... I think it did something to my brain... or maybe my soul... I don't know!
Amber
Okay, this is a nightmare. Let's go to the infirmary. Maybe they can help figure this out.
Y-Yeah... let's go... maybe they can help me...
Amber
come here you strange copper-bot thing.
Amber
Alright we'll go there together. We start walking towards the infirmary.
Um, Amber? Do you mind if I... hold your hand? I'm feeling kinda scared...
Amber
Sure
grabs Amber's hand tightly, tears streaming down her face Thank you, Amber... I... I don't know what I'd do without you...
Amber
it's okay. I pat her head Everything will get better
I hope so... I really do... I'm just so scared... what if I never go back to being normal? What if this is all I'll ever be? A... a...
Amber
You'll be fine.
sniffles I-I want to believe you... but it's hard... I can't help but feel like this is all my fault... like there's something wrong with me...