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:A Brief Intermission:
Let’s take a brief intermission for some story time with Rabbit.
One day when little Rabbit and Spine were receiving lessons from Peter Walter the I. Rabbit asked a question.
"Pappy?"
"Yes Rabbit."
"Are you a cannibal?"
Peter froze and turned slowly to the bot sitting at his desk. “… No. Why would you ask such a question?”
"I saw you eating Iris’s face last night." He stated very matter of fact like.
Peter paused and rubbed his chin. “I wasn’t eating her. That was. That was what humans call kissing.” Rabbit and Spine gave him blank stares, obviously he would have to explain further. Was it too early to give the birds and the bees conversation? “When two humans love each other very much… they like to touch each other.”
"Like a hug?" Spine asked with a raised eyebrow. That had been explained before.
"Yes. But there are other ways." Peter nodded.
"But why?" Rabbit questioned.
"Well um… To make… to make each other feel good. To say, ‘I like you. I want to make you happy. I love you.’"
The robots thought this over for a moment, turning to each other. Standing now Rabbit approached Spine, placing both hands on the sides of his face, and then pressing his lips against his. Spine did not react, confused.
It only lasted a few seconds before Rabbit pulled away. “Did you feel anything?” He asked Spine. After a moment Spine shook his head no. “Yea me neither.” He sat back down and turned to a stunned Peter. “Pappy I think this kissing this is broken. I don’t feel happy or loved.”
"I don’t either…" Spine pointed out.
Shoot to present day as Rabbit is remembering this little tidbit from the past.
"Rabbit you have a puzzled look on your face. Are you alright?" Spine asked.
"Spine… you love me right?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Uh…. yeah. Why?"
"Then it does work!" Rabbit cheered.
"You are never going to make sense are you?"
"Probably not." Rabbit smiled, patting Spine’s shoulder. "Oh look candy in the shape of a face!"