A Spit In The Eye - For The Benefit Of Mankind by Sally Dillon-Snape

the
little Human may have been exterminated for carrying out such an
act
    All is
well with me and with the Human
    I feel
joy as I move out of the corridor
    Following
the movements of the Humans as they retire to their quarters to
become supine and comatose
    Some will
take to standing beneath liquid and will scrape hair from their
lower and higher craniums
    Others
will simply lay prone and become comatose immediately
    I am not
to observe and record those events during this dark
period
    Though I
have observed and recorded them many times in times long
past
    When I
was accompanied by a phalanx of Defgars as protection
    The Human
routine never alters
    As the
dark period approaches they every shortly become
comatose
    So I will
now travel from the fortress again and wander down through the
forests and on to other places
    Until
light returns
    For
tomorrow is another day
    **
    **

Section 6
    **
    Internal Transmission
    *
    It is
during the time of darkness that I travel widely on behalf of High
Office and transmit my images via the infrared aspect within my
optical instruments
    Humans
lack such a facility
    They are
most backward and clumsy in their movements when they have no light
to guide them
    It is
during the time of darkness that MengTechs glide silently into
Human quarters on the magnetic fields embedded in the base of the
fortress to remove those that have been chosen to be experimented
upon
    It was
discovered that taking Humans during light time caused much
distress and some violence towards MengTechs and
DocTechs
    And many
Humans were exterminated by Defgars during these times of
violence
    The time
of darkness
    It was
discovered
    Was a
much better period in which to take them
    For the
Humans remained comatose and did not know that one of their own had
been taken
    By the
time they recovered from their unconscious state and discovered one
of their own is missing
    It was
far too late for any action to be taken
    It is the
way MengTechs collect Humans
    *
    I have
wandered greatly during the dark hours
    Up to the
highest point to observe the great plain that spreads ahead and to
the liquid that moves in and out
    Rolling
upon sandy patches of the land
    And I
have moved up and down into the valleys where only animals of the
fields now roam
    I observe
and record all for High Office
    Though
never before have I communicated with my inner memory during my
observing and recording times
    It is
very new to me and something that must be discovered in
time
    And it
will be an offence for which I shall be terminated
    But in
the meantime
    I find
joy in defying High Office and shall continue communicating with my
inner memory until discovered
    I
continue my observing
    *
    Time has
passed and I have experienced a most unfamiliar time of
darkness
    Unusual
things have been happening to me
    That’s
why I am recording the events on my newly discovered
    Virtually
empty
    Memory
cache
    My
Zillear engine is one of the most powerful in existence
    For
ObsRecs never cease to move
    Never
cease to observe and record
    We are
always on the move
    We are
perpetual motion
    Only
injury to articulated joints or maintenance or upgrading ceases our
movement
    Or
violence induced damage
    Otherwise
    We move
and keep moving
    So the
engine is powerful
    No other
of our species has such a powerful engine because
RolKils
    For
example
    Spend
great periods of time simply standing perfectly still or rolling
slowly
    As do
Defgars and GunTans
    And
others of my species
    HisKees
    And
GoebTechs
    For other
examples
    Never
move very far from one single spot
    And they
all have lesser engines powering them
    But
ObsRecs keep moving and keep observing and recording for the
benefit of High Office
    I have
observed every tiny area within hundreds of kilometres of my main
place of employment
    North
    South
    West
    East
    And
ObsRecs are forever observing and recording all the lands on planet
Earth and the animals of the fields that live upon it and we have
been so doing since the Humans were