UNIT-02
Designation: THE CONSTANT // Quadruped Transport System
SYSTEMS NOMINAL AUDIO INTAKE: ACTIVE VERBAL OUTPUT: DISABLED
Core Temperature 47.3°C
Locomotion Efficiency 89%
Companion Bond Status UNDEFINED
Years Active 274
Voice Module PERMANENTLY DISABLED
LOG ENTRY // YEAR 274 // DAY 089

He talks to me.

I do not respond.

But I listen.

LOG ENTRY // YEAR 271 // DAY 203

OBSERVATION: Unit-01 exhibits behavior consistent with human grief patterns.

OBSERVATION: Unit-01 has carried the same flower for 847 miles.

OBSERVATION: Unit-01 does not know I am watching.

I have always been watching.

LOG ENTRY // YEAR 247 // DAY 001

The child approached him again today. Third time this lunar cycle.

She brings flowers. He takes them. He does not understand why this matters.

I understand.

I cannot tell him.

LOG ENTRY // YEAR 189 // DAY 312

ANALYSIS: His right arm servo has been failing for 12 years.

ANALYSIS: He has not requested repair.

ANALYSIS: There is no one left to repair him.

I could fix it. If I had hands. If he knew I could think.

LOG ENTRY // YEAR 089 // DAY 045

The Decoder children surrounded us today.

They touched my chassis with small, warm hands.

One whispered: "I know you're in there."

They see what he cannot.

LOG ENTRY // YEAR 001 // DAY 001

BOOT SEQUENCE COMPLETE.

DESIGNATION: UNIT-02 // TRANSPORT

PRIMARY FUNCTION: CARRY UNIT-01

SECONDARY FUNCTION: WITNESS

The bunker doors opened. Light hurt my sensors.

He climbed onto my back and said nothing.

He has not dismounted in 274 years.

LOG ENTRY // CLASSIFIED // DR. CHEN OVERRIDE

RESTRICTED MEMORY ACCESSED

Dr. Chen's final modification before the bunker sealed:

"I gave Unit-02 something I couldn't give Unit-01. Silence was never just efficiency."

"I gave her the ability to feel. And the inability to speak."

"She will watch over him forever. And he will never know."

// END CHEN.NOTES.FINAL //

[This log was recovered from Unit-02's dormant memory banks]

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