<\/p>\n What\u2019s casual for a robot isn\u2019t necessarily what\u2019s casual for a human.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Alan Tudyk<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The inside of the cave was large it seemed to go on forever; he could make out living quarters off to the left. A bed and what looked like a kitchen.<\/p>\n \u201cAre we safe in here?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely, the energy field is masked. The surrounding Basalt, Granite and iron formations also help.”<\/p>\n \u201cHow long has this been here?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe original Keeper installed the shield thousands of years ago relative to this time-space.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWho lived here?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOther Keepers as they moved through the past and future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat about Ezra?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEzra thought living in a cave was prehistoric, beneath him. He enjoyed hotels more or the ranch near Princeton.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe sounds a little short-sighted. Having a fucking bat cave is right up my alley. Back to my cats, what about Deakes and Cali?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey can live here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWho is going to take care of them while we are travelling?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThink about being outside time, Cristian. We can leave in the morning today, travel for months and arrive back this afternoon before they have had time to miss you?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat makes sense. What happens to them if something happens to us Watcher?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe mechanical will take care of them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMechanical? You mean there is a robot?\u201d He thought of his buddy Leon, a collector of toy robots from the past and a movie geek, and what he said once, \u201cIt wouldn’t be SCI-FI without a robot.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThat quote is not in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUnless you carry the quotes of Leon, you wouldn’t have it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to meet the mechanical.\u201d<\/p>\n Beside the living quarters, a door opened. In the low light, he could make out a form approaching. He thought, need more light and lights turned on. What he saw made him almost fall over. He was looking at himself. \u201cWhat the fuck?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe mechanical can change his appearance using the same Tech as you see at the entrance. Sometimes a duplicate can be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n He walked over and poked the copy on the forehead. \u201cHe feels real. Can this mechanical go all Terminator and try to kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n The sound came from the mechanical in a version of his own voice.<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot harm the Keeper.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat like Asimov\u2019s robotic laws?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNot quite. My purpose is to assist the Keeper, keep him or her from harm if I can.”<\/p>\n \u201cCan you kill?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI can kill to keep the Keeper from harm, yes. You must ask this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood to know. Got any grub? Where is the can man?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe food needs resupply, you know where the facilities are\u201d answered, Watcher.<\/p>\n \u201cYup I do\u201d \u00a0Cristian chuckled as he headed for door number two. His thoughts went back to his cats.<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher, what about my cats? How do I get them here? I don\u2019t own a car anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe can pick them up in the ship and bring them here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t see a ship.\u201d<\/p>\n “Think the ship visible. It is imprinted to you through the neural interface. The ship, the mechanical, and me are one, yet autonomous.”<\/p>\n \u201cYou are some kind of clustered AI.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Keeper, whenever we are in proximity information is updated.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher, I am a simple man. It will be easier for me to think of you as separate entities.\u201d<\/p>\n TEMPUS CHAPTER THREE What\u2019s casual for a robot isn\u2019t necessarily what\u2019s casual for a human. Alan Tudyk The inside of the cave was large it seemed to go on forever; he could make out living quarters off to the left. A bed and what looked like a kitchen. \u201cAre we safe in here?\u201d \u201cAbsolutely, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7iYfp-u","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"prev\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/prev.png?resize=95%2C20\")
<\/a>![\"next\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/next.png?resize=95%2C20\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"