Professor Esper watching the small robot race across his desk and fall ungracefully into a trash can at the end. He retrieved the bot, legs still furiously pumping, and checked its meter.
“Question, Query: What are the results?” asked Ninefinder.
“Ten classpoints for that run across the desk. Until now I’ve only been able to get 5 out of this little guy.” Esper switched off the robot and placed it on the desk again. “I’m going to let Jerdu and Thomas know that we’re able to overclock the classpoints system now. They’ll be quite pleased.”
Esper walked out of his office. Ninefinder could hear him tapping out a PMail at the end of the hall.
Ninefinder gingerly walked to the desk and picked up the smaller robot. He opened its casing and fiddled for a few minutes. He placed the robot at the end of the desk and turned it on. The robot methodically walked across the surface, at a much slower speed than it had raced before. Ninefinder picked it up and read its meter: Zero.
“Question, Inquiry: What have we here?” Ninefinder softly asked.
A tiny mechanical bug flew through a crack in the wooden floor and alighted on Ninefinder’s shoulder. It chirped questioningly at Ninefinder. “Statement, Direct Answer: Yes, I think so too,” said one robot to the other. “Everything should be balanced.”
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