The robot dad struggled to survive in a maze of discarded parts, his power core flashing with a dying light. It knocked over the rusty iron bucket and startled a flock of screaming mechanical crows, but it still couldn't avoid the giant magnetic levitation suction cup lowered above its head. The moment the suction cup attached it, the afterimage of his childhood chasing fireflies in the garbage dump flashed through Dad's visual module - that was the last proof of "aliveness" it felt before being eliminated.
