A Spit In The Eye - For The Benefit Of Mankind (3 page)

The
virus

It
seems

Will
attack anything

It seems
unable to restrain either rage or anger even after many years of
experimentation by MengTechs

And many
lectures by GoebTers

It will
attack any of my species without apparent reason and this aspect of
virus behaviour is still not understood

For it is
kept in warmth and comfort

It is
fed

And
treated for ailments by DocTechs

And it
has enjoyed these benefits since its defeat

As I
mention food

I must
call attention to the fact that the virus will consume almost
anything

It will
consume the flesh of the animals of the fields

The flesh
of the creatures that live in liquid

The flesh
of the animals that fly in the sky

It will
consume small animals in their entirety

It also
consumes grasses

Berries

Fruits

Roots

Certain
numbers of the virus are

Experimentally

Fed
greatly by MengTechs so that DocTechs can study the effects such
treatment has upon it

The virus
grows and grows and grows

But the
final result is always the same

An
explosion of gore and grey matter and red innards

All of
which are a complete mystery to me

ObsRecs
are not versed in medical matters or in MengTechs
techniques

And of
course there are many DocTechs to attend to the needs of the
virus

Just as
there 10 GoebTers who attempt to communicate with it and teach it
the basics of our system so that they may understand

±The GoebTers are the least successful of all those who treat
the virus

It seems as if the virus does not want to watch or listen to
anything GoebTers have to transmit±

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We pass
the FoodTechs who are busying with various foodstuffs

All of
which are a mystery to me

And we
move forward Screenreaders

To where
the virus is contained

Which is
something many of our species may never have perceived or observed
and I am proud to bring both vision and sound to such an
experience

Screenreaders must feel no adverse effects for I have been
carrying out this duty regularly for a great time and have never
been attacked or infected

I just
pass my palm over the final security device to allow ingress and as
can be seen it opens and in we go

And
there

Far below
the balcony on which we stand

And
spread over the many acres of land contained by the
building

Is the
virus

Many
examples of it mingling and making a mighty noise with the sounds
of their communication

They have
no system of relaying information electronically and therefore use
the orifice sited in the lower part of their cranium with which to
communicate directly

We shall
be taking an elevator to a lower level so that Screenreaders may
observe the virus even more closely

Screenreaders may feel no discomfort for all is
safe

Armed
Defgars patrol corridors

And here
we are in the elevator

And down
we go

Here we
are at a lower level where we will now travel along a thickly
glassed corridor whilst observing and recording the
virus

I must
add at this point of the broadcast that I have not yet been
programmed to understand what the virus signifies when it makes
sound

So sound
will be what it remains

I shall
not be able to interpret for the Screenreader

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Now

The first
thing that will become obvious to Screenreaders is how much like
some of our species the virus looks

It has a
cranium

Very
similar to the ones Defgars and ObsRecs

And other
Machines

Have

Though in
many cases the virus cranium is topped with a substance called
hair

Something
I mentioned earlier in this transmission

And it
has two optical devices high in the cranium

Much like
your guide

But their
optical devices cannot transmit information to other
sources

The virus
can only transmit images to itself and unlike the Advanced AH3Ds in
my cranium

They are
organic

They are
an integral part of the virus

And
unlike the optical devices embedded in my cranium the virus
instruments are known to exude liquid on four separate
occasions

When they
appear joyful

When they
suffer sadness

When they
are being experimented upon by MengTechs

When they
suffer illness

MengTechs
have yet to discover why this leakage of liquid is either
necessary

Or
important

To the
virus

And
DocTechs have discovered no medical purpose for the
discharges

The virus
has a proboscis similar to a number of our species

Including
your guide

Though
they are not uniform as with those of our species

Some are
longer

Some
tinier

Some
wider

Some
lying flatter to the cranium

There
does not seem to be a standard design

And some
of the proboscis leak liquid

Sometimes
the virus has an explosive discharge from it

And as
can be seen at either side of the cranium the virus has listening
devices through which it hears the sound of both itself and the
noise of others

Sometimes
it hears the noise of several of the virus at the same
time

And as
with the proboscis

These are
not uniform and differ widely in shape and size

But most
marvellous

At least
to me

Is the
orifice beneath the proboscis out of which comes the sound the
virus transmits and into which

Bizarrely

It pushes
the food it consumes

It is a
multi-purpose orifice of the most complex kind and one which we
shall not be discussing in any detail because of my lack of
knowledge on the inner workings of the virus

But no
such orifice exists in any of our species

And it is
a wonder to see

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It has
four limbs much as Defgars and ObsRecs and other Machines
have

Two upper
and two lower

And

Like
me

They are
able to move forward

Backward

Sideward

On the
lower limbs whilst using the upper ones for balance

Additionally

It is
able to bend and roll or even upend its position by standing upon
its palms

They also
have opposing digits near their palms which allows them to
grip

Hold

And
lift

It also
has an outer shell that varies in colour from light

Through a
deeper colour

To a most
dark colour

But even
these colours change dependent upon weather conditions

Turning
darker during warm times

And paler
during cold periods

And the
outer shell is almost as flexible as an ObsRecs

It can
stretch and shrink and the virus can perform as many twists and
turns as I can

Though
not as quickly and rarely so dramatically

But it
does not have a gyroscope within its central section

Nor does
it have an inertial guidance system

Their
movements are always a source of mystery to me

But as
Screenreaders will be able to see

The virus
has many aspects to it that has nothing in common with our
species

The upper
chest area can vary to an enormous degree in those of the virus
with no appendage hanging between their lower limbs

Lumps
develop that can be extremely large or very small

They can
droop low

Or stand
pertly

They can
weigh heavily

Or weigh
very little at all

They can
be tipped with large brown circular ends

Or small
pink ends

These
lumps seem to be important when tiny virus falls from the taller
strain because the tiny one spends a great deal of time with its
cranial orifice attached to one

Much as
ObsRecs do when we are being upgraded

When we
attach to a connector

The tiny
virus is extremely noisy and very very messy but MengTechs have
discovered during their experiments that it contains almost
everything the taller virus contains

Though
everything is much smaller

And
following down from those lumps they can have middle sections that
are very flat or very fat

It seems
that age has a great deal to do with whether that form of the virus
has a flat or a fat middle

And
following down the frame from the middle we come to an another
orifice that is almost always partly hidden beneath more hair and
out of which the virus exudes liquid that can be relatively clear
or bright red

Why this
should be is something else that is a mystery to me

Though
the red liquid is identical to the liquid that flows from the virus
when it is cut or sliced or diced

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As can be
seen

This sub
strain of the virus

Comes in
many non-uniform shapes

Colours

Sizes

But they
all move in the same manner and make similar noises

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The other
sub strain of the virus behind the glass wall

As the
Screenreader may perceive

Is

In
general

Slightly
larger and heavier than the first strain and has more hair upon its
head and upon its frame

Though it
shares identical optical devices

Listening
devices and proboscis

And the
lower cranial orifice as previously described

I also
grows the substance called hair beneath and around the cranial
orifice

This
strain of the virus does not share lumps on the upper area with the
other strain

Except in
the case of the older virus that seems to develop them

Though
tiny virus have never been noticed holding them in their lower
orifices

It also
has the same flat or fat middles

But when
one arrives at the top of the lower limbs

As
screenreaders will see when I focus my AH3Ds

It has an
extraordinary appendage which varies greatly in size from one virus
to the other

Some have
enormous appendages

Some
small

Some
tiny

And they
hang between the upper limbs uselessly and exude liquid at regular
intervals

But
sometimes

Amazingly

They
suddenly rise up and become rigid and stick out from the virus
frame

This
rigidity seems to happen without any necessary caressing

Though
some caressing can take place between the two sub strains and the
rigid appendage seems to fit neatly into the others
orifice

And seems
to bring them joy

As if the
virus was designed to behave in such a manner

Which
makes this ObsRec reason why the viruses

Together

Did not
spend more time with appendage and orifice linked rather than
mutating into a virus that had such a disastrous effect upon planet
Earth and led to them being almost exterminated

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I need to
break off my commentary to Screenreaders and halt my transmission
momentarily