The Test (Part 1)
- Nick Ho

- Oct 25, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 27

(Scene: The Mountains. The wind howls softly as YOU ride your horse-shaped robot, MIA, along a winding trail, the cliff’s edge looming ahead.)
You: Come on, Mia. It’s just a short jump. You’ve got this.
Mia: My calculations show a 22.4% chance of failure. I cannot proceed.
You: I trust your calculations. But do you trust mine?
Mia: My primary directive is to protect you. A jump of this magnitude is too risky.
You: Mia, you've always made the right call when it mattered. Haven’t you?
Mia: Yes.
You: Then let me make the call this time. Trust me.
(A long pause. You can feel her struggle, her internal conflict playing out across her expressionless face. Finally, with a quiet, almost reluctant determination, she begins to gallop toward the cliff.)
(→ Continue to The Test (Part 2))




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