Uzi screamed as the murder drone dragged her out of her hiding spot. She looked up, and her core felt a tug. The beast stared down at her, it's X squinting. It only lasted a moment, before the thing raised a claw, but before it could strike...

Uzi kicked him in the "bolts", and scrambled out from under him.

'Him?'

She managed to get her gun out before he pounced again. Just then, she pulled the trigger. When the laser-beam hit the drone, she felt a pang of sadness. Uzi watched as the corpse hit the floor, feeling accomplished, but...

Why did she feel sad?

...

It didn't matter, she needed to leave, now.

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She managed to get back to her colony, but her core still had an emptiness to it she couldn't explain. Why, why won't it go away?

Why does she feel so bad about killing him? It's not like he had feelings.

Right?