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sasha wakes up eyes wide, gasping for breath, flailing its arms against its restraints.
the doctor looks up from her work across the room. “oh. good.” she walks over slowly to the table it is laying on. “can you hear me?”
it doesn’t respond, eyes still glazed over with panic. the doctor slowly brushes her hand over its hair. “you’re okay. i’m not going to hurt you.” she pauses. “do you remember me?”
its breathing finally begins to slow after a minute, as the fog lifts from its mind and its throat opens up again. “yes.” it says.
“good.” as she undoes the restraints, she keeps an eye on its expressions. “do you remember what happened?”
“...yes,” it replies after a moment. then, “...no. not exactly.” it sits up. “where am i.”
“we’re in my ship.” she takes a seat in a chair a few feet away. “how are you feeling.”
“like shit.”
“care to elaborate? i have more medication if you need it.”
its head pounds and its chest hurts and it doesn’t want to talk any more. “no. ‘s fine.”
“hm.” she stares at it for a few moments, then looks away and begins to speak. “you were- dying. i saved you.” she stops again. “you’re not human anymore.”
“you made me a mechanism.”
she nods.
“...i thought you didn’t do that anymore.”
she is silent. finally she says, “you’re too young. you’re going to do great things for the universe.”
“i don’t want this.”
“i’m sorry.”
it’s a little startled. it has never known the doctor to apologize that easily before. as it looks closer, it sees that she looks… genuinely remorseful.
“fuck.” it puts its hand over its head.
“would you rather have died?” she asks.
it bristles. “leave me alone.” it doesn’t say that it has no idea how to answer that question.
she leaves the room. the door slides shut behind her.