THE PERFECT MACHINE

PERIMETER PECULIARITIES , PARABOLIC SCIENCE STORY .

OUR VESSEL IS IN ORBIT OF THE PLANET WHERE LONG AGO WE HAD DITCHED OUR DISABLED CRAFT .

 I , THE COMMANDER OF THIS VESSEL , AM NEARING THE END OF MY EXTENDED LIFE PATTERN .
MY PHYSICAL MONITOR INDICATES THAT I HAVE A FEW HOURS AT MOST .

THE FACT THAT I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GENERATION TO USE THE LIFE EXTENSION TECHNOLOGY , WHICH WAS ADMINISTERED AT MY THIRTIETH YEAR , MADE IT SO I COULD ONLY LIVE FOR A FEW THOUSAND .
  
THEY DISCOVERED THAT IF ADMINISTRATING THE GENE MANIPULATION AT PUBERTY  IT GAVE A LONGER LIFE .

MY LAST WISH WAS TO RETURN HERE TO SEE HOW THE PLANET HAS CHANGED .
THE HOMINID THAT WAS A SINGULAR RACE NON OTHER LIKE HIM , HAS BECOME THE MOST PROLIFIC ON THE PLANET .
 I HAD TO EUTHANIZE HIS MOTHER , WHICH WAS NOT LIKE HIM AT ALL , HE WAS A GOOD MISTAKE .

CAPTAIN , YOUR MONITOR INDICATES YOUR TIME IS AT HAND , HOW DO YOU FEEL ?
MY PHYSICIAN ASKED .
I'M READY , THE WEAKNESS IS INTOLERABLE .
LAY DOWN THEN SIR , AND FOCUS ON YOUR LAST WORDS , THEY WILL GIVE US  UNKNOWN  INSIGHT .
I LAYED DOWN , WHEN THE MONITOR STARTED TO ENTER THE FINAL COUNTDOWN .
  WE'RE WITH YOU CAPTAIN , GIVE US YOUR LAST WORDS PLEASE IT'S CRUCIAL TO SUM UP A LIFESPAN WITH WORDS .
 AS I LAY THERE WEAKENED , AN ENVELOPING MENTAL CONFUSION AND FRAGMENTATION , GRABBED MY SENSES . AND I SAT UP , FROZEN , WITH MY MOUTH OPEN , SCANNING MYSELF FOR ANYTHING USEFUL TO PASS ON .

SIR YOUR LAST WORDS ?

I FLOPPED BACK DOWN AND A SENSE , A FEELING OVERTOOK ME .
 HE'S SLIPPING , LISTEN HE'S WHISPERING .
THE PHYSICIAN AND SECOND IN COMMAND BOTH NEARED .

DID HE SAY " I AM BECOMING THE PERFECT MACHINE " ?

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD DOCTOR .
THE PERFECT MACHINE , HOW INTERESTING . I WILL LOG IT .

GIANFRANCO FRONZI JUNE /16 / 12