Eight Summons: A Houseful of Drones

[miss_enma_ai]

My...fake family seems to have been replaced.

It seems I am alone once more.
[Ai has woken up to find that her house is now completly occupied by drones]

Comments

[artwithknives]

Wow, that must be awkward.

[miss_enma_ai]

Yes. It is.

[A pause as she thinks, then almost to herself]
I think I will start hiding from them.

[artwithknives]

I don't think that's very healthy. Well, I sort of understand. If you get bored or lonely, I guess I don't mind talking with you or something.

[miss_enma_ai]

[There's that strange, people being nice to her, thing again...]

...
Thank you.

[artwithknives]

It's not a problem. Staying alone isn't healthy at all and that's a fact.

[miss_enma_ai]

Is it?

[There is a trace of surprise in her tone]

[artwithknives]

Something about not being in contact with other people can make your body do weird things. I remember hearing about it in class once.

[miss_enma_ai]

What sort of things?

[artwithknives]

You get depressed which makes it easier to catch colds or viruses. I think. I slept a lot in class so-

[miss_enma_ai]

I see.
So if you were not able to catch such things...it would do nothing?

[artwithknives]

Probably not but that doesn't make it any different.

[miss_enma_ai]

If it does nothing, why would it be troubling?

[artwithknives]

I know someone who could never get sick but she had to spend her whole life alone. I...don't think anyone should have to live like that.

[miss_enma_ai]

...why was she alone?

[artwithknives]

Because that's how she always was. I don't think she realized that things could be different.

[miss_enma_ai]

I see.

[Falls quiet]