Alexis’ face distorted into disgust as the thing’s tongue oozed across her cheek. She promptly leaned away, raising her good arm to push the creature back. The fact that she now had something in common with the mutt—that being rescued and nursed by Zac—made her even more upset. She didn’t want to be lost without a human, but she couldn’t imagine a reality without them. In a world without humans, she couldn’t be repaired. In a world without human, what was there to do but rot and wait for death anyways?

When Zac mentioned food, she gazed curiously at him. “My diet consists of nutritional supplement bars from the lab. Does ‘bread’ fall under the category of one of those?” Something told her it was different, hence the name, but she had, on occasion, seen some of the scientists eat before. They had various… crumbly things or soft puffs of stuff that didn’t resemble bars at all. If they could consume such things, there was no reason she couldn’t, though she wasn’t particularly sure if she wanted to try.

However, before Zac could answer, a tiny voice sounded from the dog’s tail. Something hot sparked within Alexis, and she was Nemesis again, glaring at the tiny robot. The first thing that came to her mind was, [i]spy[/i], and the next was [i]destroy[/i]. She jerked forward under Zac’s arm, clumsily leaning over his lap as she tried to grasp the invader—presumably to crush it thereafter.