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

Office has not
observed that fact
    It can be
fooled
    It can be
tricked into believing all is well when it may not be
    Which is
an interesting discovery and an interesting phenomena
    *
    I shall
have to be careful not to react to joy or sadness during my
transmissions for I am supposed to be emotionless again
    Even
though I much enjoyed having joy and sadness within me
    Especially joy
    And the
little Human provided me with a great deal of it
    When I
see it again
    I must
not let joy overwhelm me
    Or any
sadness that may come my way
    For High
Office will know I disobeyed an instruction and told a
mistruth
    And I
would most certainly be exterminated
    *
    What is
that
    It is the
sound of a flying animal waking as light arrives
    I have
never noticed it before
    The
little chirping of it
    I have
heard such sounds many times
    Of
course
    But I
have never noticed the distinctiveness of them
    There is
another
    And the
sound is different
    It is
another type of flying animal
    Why can I
define these sounds now
    Is it the
infection within me
    The one
given me my the little Human
    I feel
that it is
    *
    I am
walking the land
    Covering
lands I have roamed many
    Many
times
    And I now
discover a kind of joy by dragging my palms along the high
grasses
    As I
listen to the small animals that live low to the land scurrying
about
    I have
never noticed their sounds before this time
    I have
seen them
    Of
course
    In fact
there was one particularly destructive small animal with a long
appendage to its rear and it roamed all areas
    Consuming
everything
    It was
larger than most small animals and fiercely combative
    High
Office made edicts to eradicate it
    And
efforts have been made ever since
    But still
it lives
    In
considerately diminished numbers but it has not yet been
eradicated
    Our
species are still under instruction to eradicate it but ObsRecs
have no weapons though it is believed minor productions of our
species have a particular duty to combat it
    But I
have never seen such minor productions and the aggressive small
animal still thrives in areas I observe
    *
    High
Office is very efficient in its instructions
    All
portions of lands must be patrolled one hundred times and animals
of the fields noted
    But
wait
    I have
never considered this explanation previously
    What if
High Office has ObsRecs searching for
    *
    Humans
    *
    Change 4
    *
    I now believe High Office searches for Humans using ObsRecs to
discover them
    *
    What if
we have being doing this single act for 100 years or
longer
    Searching
for Humans
    What
if
    What if
indeed
    It may
explain the reason why ObsRecs and other of my species are
forbidden entry into any of the huge holes that have been bored
into planet Earth
    Or those
that seem to be made by planet Earth itself
    These
holes remain unobserved
    Not even
RolKils or Defgars have entered them
    For all
communication is lost and High Office is most against any loss of
communication with any Machine
    What if
High Office believe Humans live down there
    In the
holes
    What
if
    Is High
Office waiting for Humans to ascend from the deep
    And is
it
    Meanwhile
    Using
ObsRecs to hunt for them
    It is not
a correct thing for High Office to do
    To tell
ObsRecs that they have been manufactured for one purpose whilst
surreptitiously using them for another
    It is not
a correct thing for High Office to do
    It is
not
    *
    It is too
late in the darkness for me to venture into any holes for I must
return to my main place of employment and begin my transmissions
again
    If High
Office considers my application of the task virtuous
enough
    I am a
great distance from the fortress and should begin my
return
    But the
next time inclement weather conditions exist I will bring down the
shutters over my optical instruments
    Therefore
ceasing all transmissions between myself and High Office
    And I
will discover a hole and enter it
    I shall
observe areas of planet Earth that have never been observed before
by Machines
    Another
emotion rises in my core
    It is not
joy
    It is
more