A Friendly Memory

This was the longest Sofia and Plant had been in a safe haven. So far  no one knew he had been a hunter and he had been pretty good at keeping  his temper. Except the one time he might’ve destroyed a table in  frustration.

But he was doing good. He even made his first robot friend.

“You  know, Plant, you don’t talk much about where you’ve come from.” The  other bot said one day. Plant could feel uneasy with the subject being  brought up.

“So? I don’t see the point in talking about it.  The past is the past.” Plant said. He knew what would happen if they  brought it up. He had been trying his best to come up with a cover story  for his past but he still wasn’t ready to tell it yet.

“Oh  come on, Plant. I want to know. Here, let me guess.” They stared him  down, making him slightly uncomfortable. “You were born in a safe haven,  right? And and, the girl with you is your creator’s daughter, right? Or  maybe from the from safe haven at least. And there was a raid, right?”  That was the only reason in their mind that would make any robot want to  leave a safe haven.

Plant stared them down, trying his best to gather his emotions. “Close…”

“…Why won’t you tell me?”

The  ex-hunter gave a growl. “Because I don’t want to. Can’t you just be  happy I’m here and we’re friends? It doesn’t matter what happened before  then, right?”

There was a slight amused look on their  face. “Except you destroying the kitchen table.” After that they let it  go though, moving onto talking about the stars. Plant was happy about  that. They didn’t need to know who he had been. Who he was. He wanted  them to stay friends for awhile longer. Even if it was for a little  while. It was fun pretending he had always been a free bot. “Hey Plant,  do you think I could go to space one day?” They asked. Plant gave an  amused look.

“Sure. I’ll help you.” He responded. The two of them exchanged smiles before enjoying the night sky together.