Cool little twist at the end. I liked the idea of the days broken down in decimal. Gave the impression of an obsessive compulsive or something, then it all fit perfectly once the twist was revealed. Nice.

I love quirky stories with quirky endings. Only real thing that throws me off is the mention of his tongue wagging. It somewhat detracts from the believability. It forces the reader to far into the mindset that it’s a pet and makes it hard to imagine a human/cyborg. The use of the word shelter does nearly the same thing, but given the futuristic setting, it’s not nearly as bad.

lol. totally wasnt expecting that ending…although i do agree with krulltar about the whole tongue wagging thing making it a little less believable

lol. totally wasnt expecting that ending…although i do agree with krulltar about the whole tongue wagging thing making it a little less believable

I see what you guys mean about the tongue wagging. I was just trying to go for complete pet-like regression. Maybe if it had been “slobbering?”

slobbering is still gross, and not giving the human the mental capacity we so proudly would cling to, even if robots took over the world and adopted us as pets. :) Love the twist, it was jaw-dropping!