I moved its arms and legs, and didn't find any signs of them being broken. The connection between its head and neck was also intact.
The malfunctioning eye, however, was better, though it was still wide open like it refused to rest in peace. I held its head up and leaned in to check its eye, buzzing…
The computer rebooted!
Little Red's eyes moved first, its eyeballs turning back and forth, pupils dilating and contracting, then it moved its head, and finally its arms and legs, as though performing a self-check.
"How is it? Did you lose any data after rebooting? Can you still speak? Do you understand me?"
"…ma"
"Huh?"
"Can… you help me… up?"
It startled me; I thought the reboot not only resulted in data loss but also in scrambled information, starting with calling 'ma'. As it turned out, it just didn't finish its sentence.
I helped it up to sit against the wall; it said it needed some time to reconnect its circuits.
