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

defeated
    Once we
have observed and recorded all our designated areas we begin again
afresh
    It is my
belief that High Office searches for something
    Something
not yet found
    Even
after 100 years or more
    But this
darkness time has been unusual
    Because
    When the
little Human forcibly propelled liquid from its cranial orifice
into my right optical device
    After it
seeped through the tiny gap that exists between my optical
instrument and my outer shell
    It slid
down to my central core and attached itself to it
    There was
some sparking
    And a
helix bound itself to my core
    I was
infected by something unknown and
    Possibly
    Dangerous
    The helix
bound itself to my core
    And grew
and spread
    And the
power of the Zillear power unit has
    Without
its knowledge
    Been
assimilating it into my systems
    The thing
that attached itself has grown and spread throughout my whole
system
    And it is
making me feel extremely unusual
    I feel an
increased sense of joy and can only believe that when I feel
sadness
    It will
be greatly enhanced
    And I
will be enormously saddened
    I am
seeing things I have never seen before
    The dots
of light that shine in the blackness of the skies are brighter than
they have ever been
    And I can
make out shapes in them
    Shapes of
animals of the fields and other animals I do not
recognise
    I have
looked at the dots for many years and have never seen such
things
    And the
silver globe that forever changes its shape
    From a
full circle to a mere sliver
    Seems
particularly bright and I am positive I can make out a Human face
within it
    High
Office is most interested in the dark skies and I automatically
send an alert if anything is seen to be moving in the high
darkness
    I know
not why that alarm has been inserted into my system or what High
Office searches for
    *
    When I
neared an animal of the field during the darkness
    One with
a mane of hair on its neck
    As it
stood next to me
    I
recognized I was about to do something I had never done
before
    So I
brought down the shutters over my optical devices so that I blanked
out transmissions to High Office
    And
stretched out my right upper limb and placed my palm upon its neck
and passed my palm upwards and downwards
    And the
movement gave me an enormous amount of joy
    It is the
very first instant in which I have touched an animal of the fields
and the animal made a noise that sounded like joy which made me
even more joyous
    I cannot
explain it
    It is
beyond explanation
    Whatever
it was that the little Human infected my core with
    It is
extremely powerful
    And
something is fundamentally changing the programme within my inner
core
    I am
changing
    I am
mutating into something I am not meant to be
    High
Office will notice unless I am extremely cautious
    I must
keep my new enhanced emotions under control
    Otherwise
I will be terminated
    What will
be my final mutation
    It is
most confusing.
    How could
such a small amount of liquid thrown from the lower orifice of the
little Human affect me in such a manner
    It seemed
to be only a tiny amount of liquid
    In the
larger scheme of things
    What was
in the helix that wrapped itself around my core and even now
spreads throughout my systems
    I should
consult Engineers and receive a definitive reply but if the
infection within me is dangerous in any way then I shall be
terminated
    I have
heard of no instances where one of my species was ever infected by
liquid from a Human
    Or by
anything else
    Attacks
by Humans do not infect us
    Damage
they may cause to my species does not cause any type of
infection
    But the
liquid seems to have infected me
    I could
make inquiries of other ObsRecs and inquire if any have ever heard
of such an event
    Though
    Secondly
    I could
not
    For I
would be aware that I could not ask why I required the information
for High Office sees and hears all things
    *
    But that
is not true
    I have
proved that fact
    High
Office is not infallible
    It can be
fooled and deceived
    I have
transferred the emotions to this memory and High