Inside The Beast

"Automaton, what happened? Also, everything hurts holy shit," I grumbled as I tried to figure out what was going on. Everything was too dark and too quiet.

"L…ord…"

The words came broken and stuttering as if a mechanical error had happened.

I traced around the dark area around me only to find the Automaton sprawled on the ground unable to move or function.

I got closer and tried to wake him up.

"What's wrong? C'mon, buddy, wake up," I said. 

Some Qi, figments, and bits of it sparked inside the automaton's glass eyes and it said, "Critical energy failure, cannot self sustain…"

I immediately pulled out a Saint Qi crystal that I had on me and placed it against the automaton's chest.

The automaton absorbed the Qi from the crystal but almost immediately stopped himself.

"Lord, don't waste this precious resource on me, you will need it to self-sustain," he said.