OverDrive — Responsibilities, Page 9
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A workshop is crowded with machinery and robots. A child in a Captain Cosmos costume enters as someone calls, “CAPTAIN COSMOS?!” and “WHERE’D HE GO?!” The child says, “Okay... definitely lost ’em.” An older man with glasses says, “...” The child looks around and says, “...Ooh. This is definitely not the bathroom.” The child says, “Mr. Harris.” A bespectacled man says, “Matthew...” The older gray-haired man says, “...” The child holds a small rabbit-like robot. Child: “YO— hold on!” and “Nah, this is actually fire!” The robot says, “Bweep!” Child: “You made these?” Older gray-haired man: “Bro, kids are gonna LOVE these.” Older gray-haired man: “Unfortunately.” Bespectacled man: “See, Elias? That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. You’re a brilliant man. You could inspire an entire generation of kids like him.” Child: “...Me?” Bespectacled man: “Yes, Matthew. You.” Bespectacled man: “Oh. Cool.” Older gray-haired man: “I did not spend forty-seven years advancing robotics...” and “...to inspire children in an astronaut costume.” Child: “...Damn. What’d I do?”
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A child in a Captain Cosmos astronaut costume explores a workshop full of robots, then holds a small rabbit-like robot while an older inventor and a bespectacled man watch.