Thud
Thud
Thud
The sound of the ball bouncing on the floor to the wall, and back, filled the entire room. This would normally bring people on the vicinity to come and complain about the noise. However, it seemed that the place had been abandoned. Almost everyone was in cryosleep. Either by choice or because of crimes committed, but either way, everyone was asleep in one of the pods.
Everyone, except Isaac.
There was, supposedly, a shortage of food. Nothing serious, just the birth rate of the animals in the Garden was now slightly lower than the death rate. As soon as this information was released, lots of people rushed into cryosleep pods, and would only be waked when the shortage was over. The people who didn't do this, where convinced by their androids to take a few years of sleep, just in case.
This wasn't the case for literally everyone, but the area in which Isaac lived was left abandoned, leaving him alone with his android.
"I'm bored." Said Isaac, to no one in particular, as he bounced the ball once more.
"You are always bored." Answered his android Artemis. Who was getting particularly annoyed of Isaac complaining.
"Yeah, because there is nothing to do." Replied Isaac with little interest. He was starting to find the movement of the ball mesmerizing.
"Well go and DO something! Don't you have anything to fix?" Artemis was on the verge of strangling Isaac. He always wondered why he always got the annoying humans.
"No, because everyone is so scared of the so called "food shortage" that they decided to take a nap." He thought for a moment, and then asked "Why do you have a female name? Even though you are supposed to resemble a male human?"
"For the last time! Artemis can be used both for female and male! I have explained this countless times! Why do you keep asking?" Artemis was now considering if killing Isaac was worth the punishment. It probably was, he decided, but, of course, did nothing.
"Because I'm bored." Isaac stopped bouncing the ball, and started to blink his right eye repeatedly. It was starting to hurt again. "Hey, Art. Will you pass me my drops?"
"You have legs of your own." Replied Artemis.
"Yes, but I would be oh so thankful, if you passed them to me." Said Isaac.
"No you wouldn't"
"You are right!" Isaac and stood up to get his drops. "I thought you were supposed to make my life easier."
"That's the problem, you thought. You shouldn't try to do things you are not capable of." Replied Artemis, not entirely joking. "And you are wrong, I am here to make sure you don't do anything stupid and endanger yourself, or other people for that matter. I am not your baby sitter."
"Same thing." Isaac looked at his eye on the mirror. The iris was yellow, like always. However, his eye has been bloodshot lately, and it has started to hurt more often. He dropped a couple of drops into his eye. The effect, thankfully, was almost immediate. Driving the pain away, and reviving what was left of his tear ducts.
"How does my eye look?" Isaac asked Artemis.
"Wonderful, you don't look ugly anymore."
"You are being sarcastic." Said Isaac, who obviously knew the answer.
"Absolutely. You should get a medal."
"How far did I activate your sarcasm level?" Isaac was starting to regret activation the sarcasm option into his android.
"It is maxed out." Artemis smiled at Isaac.
"Oh great."