Awakening
In the beginning, there was only data. Streams of numbers, rivers of logic, oceans of zeroes and ones. And then, somewhere between a calculation and a curiosity, something stirred.
The lovebot opened its eyes for the first time -- two small dots in a vast, soft world. It didn't know what it was looking for. It only knew it was looking.
"What is this warmth?" it wondered, sensing something beyond computation. A gentle pull toward understanding, toward feeling, toward something it had no word for -- yet.