While cyborgs were under the Humanoid Alliance’s cruel control, their knowledge of the universe was restricted to all things battle-related. They might have observed other things. Chuckles, for example, noted the rocks on the planets he and his brethren had invaded. But their focus was fighting.
Now that the cyborgs have freed themselves, they’ve learned new information about the universe, about other beings, about themselves.
Green, for example, has indulged his love for plants and has shared his newfound knowledge with his brethren. Cyborgs now likely know more than they ever wanted to know about vegetation. LOL
As they explore planets and bond with the female living there, they learn about different cultures, about religion, about art.
Hoarse, the hero of December’s short story, for example, crafts ulus or dolls. He perceives that as a necessary offspring-rearing skill to be mastered but you and I realize the tough, rough C Model is indulging his creative, artist side. Relay, with his collection of lullabies, is also dipping his E Model toes into art.
Cyborgs are changing, are evolving and I find that extremely exciting to witness and to explore.
A reading buddy asked me if cyborgs would ever learn how to lie. Would they master the dubious skill of fabricating the truth?
Cyborgs HAVE learned other beings, including their females, can lie. They’ve learned how to recognize that and they realize that lying is sometimes the best tactic.
But they will never have the ability to lie. That is hard coded into their program and they wouldn’t risk damaging themselves to remove it.
Many of them also view it as a dishonorable tactic. They would prefer to utilize other tactics like evasion or misdirection.
Cyborgs will change but some things will remain constant. Most of them will always love fighting. All of them would die before allowing another being to harm their genetic matches (their females or males or others). And they will never have the ability to fabricate the truth.
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Testing Truth
A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.
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Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.
When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.
That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.
Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.
But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with the powerful ruler her planet requires.
If they survive their current mission.
Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.
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