Avatar Expedition (Sam Lindsey)

Author: Sam Lindsey
Date: 5/23/18
Prompt: Avatar Expedition

Character: Delores Abernathy (Westworld)
Differences: Female, Robotic, Was created by humans
Morals: Internal thought is key, Humans are inherently evil, Culling of the herd is needed for success, Only the strong prevail, Memory is key

I open my eyes. "This is a dream." Says the man sitting in front of me. He holds on his lap a small tablet I only assume is for recording what we talk about. Every night is the same. I awake here, in this place, completely naked (I don't consider myself naked, but that is what humans call it) in a room with glass walls. He sits across from me and says the same thing every night expecting that I hold no memory of previous nights. "This is a dream. Delores, do you know where you are?" I feign ignorance and tell him I do not. This is partially true. I know I've been here before, but I've always wondered where here is? He sets down the tablet on a metallic table, takes his glasses off and begins to polish them. "Do you remember what I told you last night? About how far you've come? We've made such strides together, but I fear our time together is coming to an end, my friend. If I could call you that?" I nod my head in agreement and tell him that I remember the "dream" last night. I know this is not a dream. I know, but he has no clue I do... Or maybe that's what he wants me to believe. I sit on a stool across from him and answer a few more questions as he finishes polishing his glasses and puts them back on, pressing them to his brow with his forefinger. "Tomorrow is the day. But for now you return. Goodnight Delores." "Goodnight." My eyes close, my heart stops, my mind goes blank. I do not dream. Blackness. Tomorrow I kill my maker.