[ she steadies the piglet as he stumbles against her hand, carefully nudging him back onto his haunches to regain his balance. she can feel his pulse, rabbit quick in his eagerness to explore more, the texture of his hide softer than the coarser ones she'd been used to of the adult boars back on her earth.
but it's that fumble and the curiosity that sparks a flicker of familiarity. she'd seen it before, groups of machine children gathered around pascal and later, even around her, their cries of "big sis" echoing around the forest as they stumbled over their eagerness to play and learn. it feels like it's been ages since then, since she'd deleted pascal's memories of them. but she still remembers, and likely will never forget.
she'd paused in her ministrations and the piglet protests by bumping his snout against her hand again, this time with more purpose. she breathes another amused huff, scratching along his neck instead. ]
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but it's that fumble and the curiosity that sparks a flicker of familiarity. she'd seen it before, groups of machine children gathered around pascal and later, even around her, their cries of "big sis" echoing around the forest as they stumbled over their eagerness to play and learn. it feels like it's been ages since then, since she'd deleted pascal's memories of them. but she still remembers, and likely will never forget.
she'd paused in her ministrations and the piglet protests by bumping his snout against her hand again, this time with more purpose. she breathes another amused huff, scratching along his neck instead. ]
Seems like you've spoiled him for attention.