#robot dad

(bonus points if the boy is feral)

I could go looking for them if that would make you feel better, do you want me to?

Svarog, our sweet robot dad- wrong!

He is a fucking war machine. Do we, as the HSR fandom even realize what this means? The thing has bloody missiles coming out of his back like fireworks on an NYE! He is able to withstand great damage and time corrosion (as literally stated in the game... unless it's a team of wild teens and adults who were pissed on a bunch of metal-). He is built like a fucking tank.

First, his height is easily comparable to Lady Dimitrescu. I mean, have you seen the damn thing? It's massive not only by height, but his build is very, how we humans say, "muscly", but there is no muscle, only titanium alloy and bolts... and nuts... As we can see, Clara, who is aproximatively 1,63 meters (she's taller than me what the fuck-) barely reaches over his crotch, which gives us the idea Svarog is about double her height at least. Let's say 2,50 meters, because it seems most relevant. And quite logic. So buddy falls a little bit under Lady D’s height.

Anyway, as a dormant relic, he most likely was left in the underground mine by the Architects for the later humans to discover him and get use of then's thechnology. They thought that Belobog would actually get more technologized after their decline, oh how wrong they were. Now, don't get me wrong, after seeing how other places are on Jarilo VI, Belobog is one of the most advanced places with their trams and guns that they use, it's just not as much as the Architects expected of the place to become. And something tells me it has to do with the separation between the overworld and the underground. Maybe, just maybe, separating the main city from the mines which literally give you the materials ain't a good idea.

And Svarog knew that. He just wanted to perserve things as is, to not risk getting humanity to whipe itself out with some damned crazy inventions, as he saw in the past with the architects. He, even as a robot feels emotion, that much is known. (we can conclude this from what Clara says in her hangout "many vergants see them as pets, but i believe they have feelings like us to [...] like Mr. Svasrog here").

Speaking of emotions, the strongest he feels is about Clara and protecting her. As she was the one that found him in the snow and reactivated him, his internal processor viewed her as his creator, as the one that he should obey every command of. Clara, on the other hand just wanted a family, and so Svarog only listens to that command. He's not a mindless tool, but he prioritiseses this before anything else. Par example, if he had to choose between attending Clara’s first ballet class and saving the world, guess what he will do? Good answer: both. But he will first be close to his dancing baby girl.

"Hey you!"

"Hello, it has been a while!"

"It certainly has, how have you been?"

"I am doing well.....there is something different about you"

"Well, yeah, humans tend to age with time--"

"No, not that it is something else...You seem drained"

"......It hasn't exactly been a great year for a lot of us"

"But what of your needs?"

"I'm....fine. I mean, I'm much better than most. It's not so much what I've been through, as much as what they've been through"

"They?"

"Close friends and family members"

"I understand. But you must also take care of yourself before you can help others"

"You help others all the time..."

"It is true that I carry a heavy burden for my people and yours. However, even I have limits. Which is why I am grateful for the friends and family that surround me every day to help me."

"........."

"???"

"Everything's changed so much, and they're still changing. And it's NOT the good kind! I feel like I've gotten weaker and I'm starting back from square one! I'm sorry, I shouldn't be complaining, especially after what you've been through--"

"Stop--"

"What?"

*He bends closer down and gently lifts her face with his titanic metallic finger, looking straight at her*

"You are a deeply caring and loving woman and every time you walk into the vicinity everything, even the very Matrix that I carry, lights up. You do not realize how much strength you give me and to others, it is time that you give yourself that same strength. Do not ever disregard your feelings and needs. This is the year where you let go of all of the unnecessary guilt, doubt, and anxiety, and learn to love yourself as much as you love others--and me. You are tired right now, and that is alright. You are allowed to rest, but you are not allowed to give up. And I know you far too well that that is not even an option. I have seen the most powerful warriors on Cybertron give up too soon. But you? Whatever obstacle you have gone or are going through, I have never seen such strength! You humans amaze me every day. You amaze me every day!"

"I missed you so much"

"I have missed you as well. Do you wish to tell me what happened?"

"I don't know where to start...."

"Start from the beginning. I have time and I am listening. Always"

"Okay....Here it goes--"

I dunno, I just felt like drawing some more Prime, and I felt like writing up a fictional, yet meaningful, conversation with him. I feel like this is something he would say to me, AND to you!