Professor O'Shay had been unsure on which monitor to keep track of; should he track the android, or the human girl? It was in a silenced bitterness that the professor came to realize that Uran had been right (that girl sure did have an uncanny knack for seeing through him, didn't she?), what did he really care about most and why was he so determined to prove the Kokoro Theory?
A distinct beeping on one the monitors snapped the professor out of his thinking. O'Shay looked up and noticed that it was coming from the monitor connected to the android. Acting quickly, Professor O'Shay directed his attention to the computer and started to type in a command to see what was going on. The information poured out to him one bit after another, and soon they all drew to the same conclusion. Before Professor O'Shay could let out a statement of exclamation, the android started to groan with an after sleep grogginess as it started to sit up. Eyes wide with fear and a morbid curiosity, O'Shay turned to face the robot as it did the same to him.
The android gave the professor an inquisitive side look before the corner of its lips formed into a smile.
"Good afternoon Professor Ochanomizu O'Shay." The android greeted innocently.
"Astronomical…" the professor breathed, no other words coming to his lips besides the only one that he could think of.
"Astro…" the android then said before looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully. "I kinda like the sound of that. Can it be my name?"
The professor said nothing as he walked closer to the android. His mind numb by the pure innocence of the android, all the professor could do to answer him was to give a nod of agreement. The android, now deemed Astro, beamed his young face with excellence and a sense of pride.
"Astronomical…" Professor O'Shay muttered again, this time at the side of Astro. Astro gave the professor another kind smile before he started to look around the laboratory with interest. Eventually, the little android's eyes fell upon the machine that Uran had been connected to.
"Who's she?" he inquired. Forgetting for a moment, Professor O'Shay turned to where Uran was contained and nearly jumped in the air.
"Uran!" the professor exclaimed before rushing over to her, "I forgot all about Uran!"
Astro looked on as O'Shay carefully and quickly unstrapped the human girl from the machine. The professor carefully placed the girl on the ground- a place that Astro felt she should not be on if she was unconscious.
"Bring her here." Astro suggested as he started to get off the examination table.
"No, you should stay-" the professor started to tell the android, but the bot knew better and was already making his way over to get the girl himself to place her on the examination table. Helpless, Professor O'Shay let Astro do what he needed- then Astro bit his lower lip as he looked at her.
"She's alive." Astro said, not to anyone in particular. "She's just… sleeping."
"What do you propose we do to wake her up?" O'Shay inquired, curious as to what the android's response would be. The professor himself was sure that Uran had fallen into a coma that no one could wake her from, so seeing if Astro had a solution was more of an experiment and observation than anything.
Like a concerned brother, Astro looked over Uran with a fairly worried expression as he brushed a bit of hair away from her face. Admittedly, he knew there wasn't much he could do for her, but something about her was so familiar. Had he met her before? Was she really his little sister or something? There had to have been something he could do for her- anything!
Astro's hand clenched before he realized that he even had control over such fine motor skills. Looking at his fingertips as if they were little specs of glitter in the air, Astro tested his ability to curl and bend his fingers before he looked back at Uran curiously. Slowly, Astro lowered his hand to place on her wrist; not even a nanosecond later, Uran sat up so quickly she nearly hit Astro's head as she let out a sharp gasp of air. Wildly, Uran looked around before she found that she was still in Professor O'Shay's laboratory. When her eyes finally landed on Astro, she only stared at him for a moment with a squint of skepticism.
"I died helping that bastard, didn't I?" she asked in a flat tone.
"Nu-uh." Astro told her with a shake of his head. "You're very much alive right now."
Uran looked at him distrustfully before turning her gaze toward the professor.
"Mornin' prof." Uran cheekily greeted with a smirk. Her response was a gruff nod and a less than amused grimace.