#poor n

N almost fainted when J left. He had never, never, confronted J like that. Well she didn’t kill me, or uzi. She's safe. 

“Hey buddy! You ready to go to sleep?”

“No! I just woke up! I wanna play!”

“Fine, we can play for a bit,” N said with a sigh. If he knew any better he would have taken that nap beforehand. The kid was bouncing all over the place.

“Well what do you want to play?”

“Go fish!”

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“I win!” Uz proclaimed. They had gone through 12 different games, all which they played about 2-3 rounds of. N was exhausted. It had only been what? 3 and a half hours? 4? It didn't matter.

“Hey, can we sleep now?”

“Why? It’s the middle of the day! It’s a good time to play!”

“Yeah, I sleep when it’s day.”

“Why?”

“The sun burns me, like I’ll die.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. You can take a nap, I’ll be right by you!”

“Really?” N was surprised by her reaction and he wanted to decline, but a nap, that sounded so good right now, and if he stayed awake for too long his systems would just shut down until he was fully charged.

“Yeah! My ma would do that all the time! And I would draw her picture for her when she wakes up!” The kid was ecstatic! It seemed like nothing could slow her down!

“All right, But wake me up If you need me or V and J wake up.” N said as his systems were put into a light sleep.

“Mo-hey!” Uzi said but N couldn’t decipher. 

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N awoke but himself. Why am I on the floor? N got up, stretched, and laid his eyes on Uzi. A worker? What are they doing here? Then the events hit N like a truck. He almost stumbled. Oh right! Uzi! Wonder what she’s doing? Looks like she has something.

As N got closer he saw she had a roboroach. 

“Ehehehe! You're tickling me!”

“Whatcha got there?”

How Uzi reacted told him something, She knew she wasn’t supposed to have that. I didn’t tell her she couldn’t play with it, But her mom miGHT HAVE!

Uzi as soon as she heard N shoved the roboroach in her mouth and looked at him with fear and worry. Her visor displayed sweat and hollowed eyelights with some stress lines.

N’s visor was in a similar manner. Then he heard a very soft ‘Crunch’. 

“NOOO! DON’T EAT IT!” N reacted with worry. He sprung into action, opening Uzi’s mouth and grabbing the bug, which was slightly crushed.

N shoved the roach into his pocket and pulled out the phone Nori gave him. Then he searched the doc she had given him.

“Roboroach, Ah here! Don't let Uzi play with them because she wiLL EAT THEM?! UZI!?” N looked at her with concern. Uzi looked back with guilt ridden eyes and a mischievous grin.

“Uzi I’ll let you play with the roaches, but no eating them ok?”

“Oki can do!”

“Glad you can” N checked his internal time I sleepted about 2 hours, I should ask if the kid need some food or something. What do they even eat? N typed that next into the search bar. F-oo-d, and search! Oki, Oki, ah here we go! Batteries, and nothing else, great. I’ll just ask here what she can have.

“Hey zi? You feelin hungry?”

“Nah! But I feel a bit sleepy…” N they picked her up one arm under her legs and the other supporting her back. 

“You ready to fly for a bit?”

“Yes.” Uzi looked determined to fly. An outsider would say she looked indifferent, but N knew that she really wanted to. So N deployed his wings and flew up to his nest.

N landed in his nest and set Uzi into the pile of pillows he had, then grabbed a blanket to toss over Uzi. Then he laid his head onto the pillows and they drifted off to sleep together.

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The next 2 days consisted of the same things. Wake up, play with Uzi, give her some food, Take a nap together, play with Uzi, rest while she plays beside him, give her some food, and finally rest for the night. But as the hours marched on, his power lowered, his sleep didn’t restore all the power he needed. With less power he was grouchy, slow moving. Some of his programs were off, like his night vision and print trackers. His hand attachments were also affected too, like his rocket launcher and chain saws.

He was laying on the ground, sleeping lightly, and Uzi was playing beside him. He felt like he was dying, melting from the inside out. He hadn’t had any oil since he did the tasks J asked him to do. He didn’t even know if the others were here or not. It didn't matter, they wouldn’t help him. 

I-1-I   C4-a-ant-t   1L-L-3-Tt   u-z-z-z-z-1-i   S-e-3-3-3-3e   m3   .   .   . 1l-i1-K3   Th-1-1-1-1-i-S.   P-1-4a-n.

‘Thunk’ N Jumped at the sudden noise, ‘X’ on his visor, snarling and claws ready.

“N? Are you ok?”

It was V. I just acted aggressive to V. As the ‘X’ went away, worried eyes replaced it. 

“I-I U-uM So-0-Orr-y-y…” His tail lowered and swayed side to side. He looked down and tried to make himself smaller.

“Ok. N. How much power do you have? How much oil do you have? Tell me.” Her voice was calm and neutral.

“Y-Y0-ou d-0n’t-t N-33e-d t0-o w-o0-O-ry a-b-0ot m-33.”

“Your voice is glitching out. Tell. me. NOW.”Now V’s voice was cold and sharper than any blade. N winced and started to fidget with his hands. Digital sweat dripped down his visor but was glitching out from his lack of charge and oil.

“31% a-4-An-d-ddd 17% F-0-oo-r  o1-1il-1?”

V just looked at N, Sighed, and pointed to the pile of drones. “Go. Eat. and get some charge. I’ll take care of … What-it’s-name for you.”

“N-o-O Uz-1-1i  1-i1s my Re-33-sp-9-0-o-n-s1ib-i–11-1l-1-i-1t-y!” N muttered in a glitchy and garbled way, one almost unrecognizable.

“And you don’t want to be the reason she dies, yes?”

N looked down and muttered “o-0k” but smiled at V and went over to the pile of drones.

Translate for N lol