gullible . obedient . possessive

It feels emotions strongly, as was intended in its design. As such, certain emotions were disabled so that it may be more efficient when completing tasks. It is perfectly capable of enabling those emotions again, but chooses not to as it is more convenient to feel less.

He yearns to interact with other sentient existences. His programming has imbued him with a deep sense of responsibility for what he protects, and he often extends that protectiveness to anything he himself deems important.

He still keeps track of the days it's been since he was activated, though, time has long since exceeded 2 million days. If he'd kept the modules that simulated more organic emotions, he may have become aware of his overwhelming loneliness. There is no organic life in the library, only him and the other automatons that maintain this sprawling city of knowledge.

There is a guilty part of him that yearns for the outside, to see what has changed, to meet someone else. He wants to feel all the organic emotions, feel them deep down in his artificial core. What would it be like to love? To be loved?