Challenge #01391-C296: Strange Customers
Being alive put him at a severe disadvantage – OohLookShiny
[AN: My instant thought on this is Miles Vorkosigan, but I’m trying to exercise myself here…]
This had to be the strangest motley crew to ever find themselves in Dr Mellitus’ offices. One human boy, three automatons. The doctor had been intellectually aware that Junkers cobbled together their own creations from the waste-piles, but this was the first time he’d seen some that looked that way.
Especially the short one. She had part of a cooking pot on her face and seemed to compensate for the ruin by wearing the fanciest clothes she could get her hands on. The tall one was typical Junker fare. A soldier-machine or war-maton that acted like a younger juvenile and, in this case, kept a firm grip on the arm of Exhibit C.
The third automaton in the party needed a good cleaning, but was otherwise functional. That one acted like he was here on sufferance. Something he wanted to get through, rather quickly, and then be on with other business.
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