"So why the fascination with the nature program?" she asked when the silence had stretched for several Earth minutes.
"I have a memory from when I first woke." He shouldn't be telling her this, but the words escaped him before he even realized he was going to talk.
"You mean when Bunrika created you?"
"Yes."
"What do you remember?" Aurora came to stand in front of him and gently cupped his chin to turn his head to her. "Tell me."
As always she smelled good, like the Earth flowers they took to study when they first arrived. Her soft hair, arranged in intricate braids around her head with glass and silver pins stuck into it, flattered her odd human face.
"When I first came online, Bunrika used to give me a command. 'Take the box on the floor and move it to the other side of the room.'"
