Little by Little…
Wind whistled through the air. Dust clouds had formed and started to block all vision; the sun shone on them brightly, highlighting the circling specks of dirt. There were no clouds, vegetation, or water – only trash, dust, and earth. In the far distance, traces of human voices could be heard. They sounded excited, or at least enthusiastic. But as far as eye could see, there were no shadows – everything was in extreme exposure to sunlight.
And to EVE, it felt like a hot branding iron trying to cut right through her.
Mechanisms inside her robot body were receding. It couldn't take this kind of idea, this concept, this feeling. It was much too strong…
She didn't believe what was happening. She knew she didn't want to believe… she had never anticipated this kind of thing ever happening.
But right there, plain as day, her love just stared at her with blank eyes. He appeared to not even notice the rising level of dust clouds forming; let alone her.
Maybe I can try talking the truth into him, she shakily thought. She repeated his name a few times, gently held his face, but soon started to lose patience. She found herself shouting his name. But there was still no sign of remembrance in his wide, binocular eyes.
Silently stunned, EVE let go of his face. It automatically settled back to its original position.
More time went by. Her shoulders slouched, and she looked down at his hand. She was imagining themselves reuniting, at last holding hands and finally being able to just love each other until the end of their lives.
But this was worse to the point of no comparison. This was worse than death.
She held his hand one last time. Then slowly looking back into his eyes, she hummed to him the song that had become theirs – It Only Takes a Moment.
Broken, she raised her face to his level, and gave him a good bye kiss.
She then turned away, despising the feeling of her hand breaking away from his, but also despising the way it had felt before – useless.
What was love if you couldn't pursue it?
That was what WALL-E had been trying to do in the first place. Just pursue his love for her and everyone else. And it had come to this.
Staring at the ground, she quietly drifted away from her love. He didn't move away from where he was. He just continued to stare off into the distance.
And she kept going. She headed into the wind, toward the Axiom and the rest of the humans.
Goodbye, my precious WALL-E.
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