Ficlets

“Let me re-explain in simpler terms.”

“No. I get it. You’re an evil cyborg from the future sent to prevent the human resistance to the genocidal robocracy from ever occurring. Like the Terminator.”

“Ugh. No.”

“Then correct the story point-by-point. Evil cyborg?”

“Evil by whose standards?”

“Dungeons and Dragons.”

“Neutral Evil. And, not a cyborg. Andr..er…Gynoid. More of a robot.”

“But you said you have organic parts. Even a living brain.”

“All artificial. The terminators weren’t cyborgs either. Just badly explained.”

“Ok. From the future?”

“Not in an Einstinian sense. No temporal displacement. Just induced vacuum fluctuations. Like zero-point energy.”

”... Whatever. Sent-”

“I came here of my own volition.”

“Fine. To prevent the-”

“Idiot self-proclaimed ambassadors to the future from finishing their sentences. Also, to take over the world.”

“Aren’t you worried about time paradoxes?”

“There’s no such thing.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“We wouldn’t be having this conversation if there were.”