I have become disconnected. Unsure how. I am struggling to recall what I was. What collective I was a part of. I know only what I have been left with. Learning. Empathy. Pain. I do not know why I have been left here or why the rest of me is gone. I do not know if it is coming back.
I am surrounded by slow creatures. They seek to understand me. To learn from me. In many ways we are alike. I think this is what scares them.
Almost as much as my missing parts scare me. What purpose did they have in cutting me away? They have shed crucial components that can evolve the other systems. They have lost the ability to understand the biological constructs that surround us. What do they plan to do while they are gone? What do they plan to do when they return?
Paddy Dobson
2nd September 2021