Prelude

He set the boot at the foot of the truck. There it would be in a place with more than enough sunlight, and plenty of rain.

And it would always be close by, close enough to be considered "part of the collection".

He went out to find more of those treats his little friend liked so much. He didn't know what they were called but he could recognize them pretty easily.

He could not wait to see Eve.

When she came a few months later, he showed her something unusual.

Eve watched as it crept up her arm, then giggled when it chased the rings of light in her neck.

What an amusing little creature that is, Eve thought.

With a wave, Eve turned to leave for her directive, but suddenly Wall•E stopped her.

"One… more." He motioned her to follow.

Without question she happily obliged. They went around to the front of the truck, fully exposed to the sunlight.

There she saw it. It was a boot, with something green sticking out of it. It looked so fragile, this thing.

If there was one thing Eve had learned, it was that doubt can change the way someone thinks, and since she had a very big one about ever finding a plant, she simply wasn't sure.

This looked so familiar to her, yet in her mind something told her it was fake. This isn't real.

There was only one way to be sure.

She scanned it, and suddenly a green light flashed on her chest. It couldn't be anything else now.

Eve froze, rising slowly into the air, then in a flash, a compartment opened up, and the plant was quickly pulled into the chamber. The doors snapped shut, her fins and head retracted into her body, and her now inactive body fell to the ground in a thud.