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Alleleena scrambled around the ground as she searched for her glasses. "Tessa! Have you seen it?!" She shouted, frustrated. "No Leena, and furthermore, I've told you the same thing for your past 20 same question," replied a computerised voice.
Alleleena groaned and rolled her eyes. "Don't get all smart with me now Tessa," she said. She reached out her arms under the mattress once more. It was the fifth time she searched under there. Her fingers touched something smooth and patted it before taking it out.
"Just a piece of scrap metal from the last project you haven't named, Leena," the robot said before Alleleena brought the thing the took before her classless eyes. "Ugh." She tossed the metal away and sat down shrilly at her bed. "God I give up. Tessa, give this room a full scan. I need that glasses. I have a meeting at 9 o'clock this morning," she said now searching for her cloak instead.
"Scanning... your glasses are in your pocket, Leena."
"Wha--," she patted down her pants and found her glasses half squished in her back pocket. How she didn't realise it was there after about one hour of standing, sitting and crawling under wires as she searched was beyond herself. "Right," she said, "thanks Tess."
"Alright I think I'm ready." Alleleena said, draping her cloak over her shoulders. "Your socks are in your cloak pocket and your shoes are still wet from yesterday's errand. I think you are not ready," the computer said. "And why didn't you warm my shoes so it isn't wet for today's errand, Tessa?"
"You told me not to. You said, on your birthday--" the computer's voice quieted and a recording was played. It was no other than Alleleena's voice from two days ago that the computer so cheekily recorded without her knowing.
"These days I need to be more responsible. I mean I'm a 14 year old girl living by myself with only wires and metals as companion. But like. I ask you guys, my finest creation, about everything you know. So, Tess, next time I ask you to do something I should have done myself, don't do it, Kay?" A hiccup and a laugh followed.
"HEI! I was drunk that night--"
"You are a 14 year old. You should not get drunk."
"Oh my god. Just shut up or I'll turn you off." Alleleena said, putting on her socks and trying to put in her feet in her wet shoes. "Right. Now you've made me late. Gotta go. Turn on the security and don't let anyone in except me. Oh! Also, don't forget to charge the Nutcracker. I want to do some tests when I get back."
"Right away, Leena. Good luck."
"Thanks, I'll need it."
