The omnic watched on silently as the small form of Hana Song lay peacefully sleeping in her new crib.
It had been one whole month since the omnic had been given the weighty task of caring of this child, since then a lot had changed.
The credits that the omnic had been given access to were more than enough to start purchasing the basic necessities for a small child such as goat's milk as well as new diapers and healthcare products.
The previously blank empty room she had been given… was still far too large to not invoke the heavy feeling that the room was rather empty, but the omnic had actually managed to purchase some basic furniture items to such as the crib, a highchair, a sofa and even a play mat complete with nice soft child friendly toys for when Hana started getting curious.
Even with all the extra funding though, the omnics last few weeks had not been easy. At first Hana would simply cry for hours and hours without end for seemingly no reason, it was only after the first few days of care that the omnic realised that the child was probably crying because it wanted its parents. Unfortunately the omnic knew that no matter how much the child cried, her parents would not come for her.
So the omnic tried to comfort Hana, it cradled her in its arms and played soft lullabies to her through its audio processor. It took a while but eventually the baby's painful tears and solemn cries turned once again to the Innocent and joyous laughter of a new-born child.
From that day forth, Hana Song would always see and recognise this omnic as her true parent, as unlike her birth parents this robot had cared for her and comforted her like a parent should.
The omnic in question was blissfully unaware of the massive impact it was having on the child in its arms. All that mattered to it was that its child was happy…
…Yes, as far as the omnic was concerned this was now its child. After all it was the only one who bothered cared for this precious little bundle of joy.
A bond of child and caretaker was formed that day, a bond between a robot and child that most people would consider impossible.
But it was not impossible.
The months went by day by day. The omnic spent it's time hard at work both caring for the child and renovating the room she would grow up in, the walls were painted a gentle pink intertwined with a peaceful blue. The floor was covered in multiple cream coloured carpets and the cealing was painted cream too.
The omnic also invested in multiple counters that would be too high for a child to reach the top off, on those counters it purchased and placed a myriad of different electronic appliances to help it with cooking cleaning. It even had the foresight to install a flushing toilet and working sink for when its child would inevitably need them in the future.
It was during those months that Hana Song first learnt how to crawl, her omnic caretaker had left her on the floor while it went of to finish preparing some food. Hana of course she really wanted her caretaker back.
A few minutes later the omnic felt some pressure on its left leg, turning around it spotted its little child hugging its leg with a broad smile on her face.
Knowing that its child could now crawl the omnic decided to purchase a large variety of stuffed toys to keep her occupied.
A few months after that incident, Hana's crawl had evolved into a shaky but stable walk. While this development brought the omnic much joy it also planted a seed of worry in its robotic mind. Its child was developing well physically, but what about mentally?
The omnic was not properly equipped to teach things such as language, such a task would normally be left to the parents. This omnic of course did not have that luxury so it had to search for a different solution.
Using a rather basic computer that the omnic had purchased, it searched for a way to teach children how to speak…
That was when it stumbled upon 'edutainment' games. Video games designed both to entertain and teach people.
Seeing this as the perfect solution, the omnic decided to purchase 'Fluffy bunny's magical spoken adventure'. A game that would repeat certain words letters and sounds and recognise when those words letters and sounds were spoken back to it.
A few days later the omnic had a small console set up with Hana Song placed in front of it. The omnic had carefully read the instruction manual and set up the game to the best of its ability, now however was the time to see if it would work.
He omnic hit play.
Instantly the screen lit up with an assortment of colours that formed into a pastille meadow, a few seconds later the fluffy bunny hopped on to the screen and said "A!"
Hana watched on fascinated by the bright colours and sound she gave the screen all of her attention as she waited for it to do something else.
"A!" The screen repeated.
Hana let out a childish giggle, then tried to copy what the strange voice was saying to her.
"Eeeehhhaaa!" Hana Song squealed at the screen.
"A!"
And so Hana Song began playing her first video game.
Authors notes: Thanks for reading, please leave a review as I'm always willing to improve my writing. Plus it keeps me motivated.
Hoeing to start chapter 2 soon.