This one is also late because WordPress is failing to post my scheduled posts for some reason.
Talita discusses her social ennui with the worm pile.
Transcript
Talita hurriedly shoves the wriggling worm robot back into the cart.
Talita: Whatever. It’s not like they’re currently being used.
She begins to push the cart towards the Runaway, with the front loader trailing behind.
Bip: Was Calcery the previous resident AI?
Talita: Yeah.
The worm robot pops its head up out of the pile of inanimate worms cart to look at her weary expression.
Bip: Were you friends?
She looks away from the cart wistfully. More worms come to life to watch her.
Talita: I thought so… but… he hasn’t texted me once since he left.
She turns back and is slightly alarmed to find over a dozen worms looking back at her.
Talita: And I– uh… don’t even know what we’d talk about, besides work.
Bip: Sounds like you were coworkers, not friends.
Talita: Maybe that’s everybody I know, now.
She pushes the cart up to one of the staircases on the massive rail sled and the fleet of worms begin to crawl up the ladder.
