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You may have noticed I have changed the cover image again. Maybe it's a tad too epic for a fanfic as calm as this one, but I decided to change it anyway. Let me know what you think!

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"Next book." The human said, tiredly. The two have been doing the same thing, over and over, for the past two hours. Eventually, the AI had set up an excursion funnel for transporting the books from storage to the makeshift table.

The AI spoke.

"I think that's enough for today. I can see you're getting tired, and I can't have you falling asleep and drooling on these papers."

The girl yawned. "Good idea." A lift popped up behind her.

She slowly started walking towards the open doors of the elevator. She was too tired to even see properly, as her eyes kept falling shut.

She quickly snapped out of it, though, as GLaDOS had raised a panel in front of her the slightest bit. She tripped over the panel, and yelped.

The AI only chuckled.

"What did you do that for?"

The AI remained silent, and instead pointed the tractor beam at her, and activated it. The test subject just closed her eyes as she was carried into the lift.

The doors closed, and she was carried off to her 'room'.

Once the doors opened again, the AI noticed she wasn't moving. After a few seconds of staring, she understood she was asleep already.

She quickly exploded the testing bots, who were still testing, and reassembled them near the lift. After they'd carried the girl into her room, they went back to testing.

As soon as she knew there was no one there anymore, she cracked a smile. Looks like the AI cared more about her than she initially thought.

The next morning, Chell intended to wake up slowly. She knew, however, that the AI probably had other plans for her. So, she resorted to simply laying as still as possible in the bed, hoping she wouldn't notice.

"Good morning."

How did she know? The girl still remained still, hoping she would leave her.

"This is pathetic. The heat map clearly indicates you're awake. You should know better than to try and trick me."

Groaning, she got up and out of bed. She still had her clothes on, except for her boots. She was thankful for that, as she wouldn't want to be in her underwear in front of the cameras.

She pulled her boots on, and headed for the canteen. She walked in to see the testing pair pulling a fresh bread out of the oven. The kitchen was a mess. Who knows how long they've been at it. Despite that, they did seem to enjoy it.

The Blue-eyed one turned around in surprise. It made a chirping noise, vaguely representing a cheery 'hello'. The Orange robot then turned around too, the tray still in its hands.

It seemed to have forgotten the tray, as it attempted to wave at her, and promptly dropped the tray. Before the bread hit the ground, Blue caught it.

He chirped triumphantly, holding up the loaf. Looking back at the test subject, he (she thought it was a he, anyways) gently put it down on the table.

"Step back." The robots exploded again.

She couldn't help but feel sorry, even though she knew it probably wasn't as bad as she thought.

"I suppose you can just wait until everything magically ends up in your stomach, but you'd be here for a long while. I suggest just eating it instead."

The girl, instead of digging in, looked at the nearest camera, and loudly cleared her throat.

"What? Is it not enough? I should've known."

"Are you coming yet?"

"Why would I?"

"Just do it."

She sat down at the table, staring at the entrance. She rested her elbow on the table, her head in her palm.

After a while, she heard the gentle tapping of heels against the floor. Behind her. She quickly turned around to the sight of the android stepping out of the wall.

The panels moved back into position, and the android sat down.

"Did you have to come through the wall."

"What's wrong with it?"

""…Just start eating already."

And so they both did. After having devoured the entire loaf, the pair went back to the Central AI Chamber. Well, not willingly.

"Can I just go back to bed, please?"

"No. You like testing right?"

"Only when I'm well rested. Just a few more minutes."

"Trust me, you'll only grow more tired."

"I beg to differ. I am not going."

That's when the android calmly lifted up the test subject by her legs, and went on her way.

"Don't make it a habit to let me carry you."

The girl didn't even react. She didn't have to walk, and she was fine with that.

When they walked into the first test chamber, a question popped into the girl's head.

"What happens when you break in here?"

"That's not going to happen."

"But if it does?"

"It won't. That's the end of it."

About halfway through the chamber, curiosity took the best of her. The android was standing near the edge of an acid pit, about to press a button.

She slowly crept up to her, and when she came close enough… The android yelped as she was pushed off the platform.

Time seemed to slow, as lots of things happened at once. The android grabbed onto the small button, using her momentum to swing back onto the platform around the button.

Still holding onto the button, she stepped forward, and grabbed the back of the test subject's jumpsuit. She then pushed her off the edge. She was still holding her by her jumpsuit, as she hovered over the pit.

"Okay…" the human said, anxiously. "You've made your point."

"Good." She pulled her back onto the platform.

"You really can't stop trying to kill me, can you?"

"I was just curious, that's all!"

"Let's just finish this test."