The Creature lay on the slab, incomplete but aware.
It watched as its creator busied himself with other research, never staying on one project for very long before moving on to the next one.
It waited, and occasionally he would spend an hour or two tinkering with the Creature before abandoning again, leaving it inchoate.
The Creature figured out how to move on its own, and considered whether or not to demonstrate its progress to the scientist.
The Creature knew what it wanted to be and didn’t think its creator would concur. It finished itself and escaped into the night.

“The Beyer Laboratories” by JanetR3 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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