Roy tensed at his unchecked provocation and lack of diplomacy, forgetting the robot was still in a position of ‘literal’ advantage and potentially poised with the power to pounce and in turn, bounce upon him with its caster wheel clad, foot anchored platform. Without any real effort Roy’s mind began working several steps ahead in time and set upon an image of the robot's omni-directional, bargain basement bartered swivel casters as they freely rotated beneath their mounted platform in the air above him; Roy having arrived at a point in the

¶ –'what might be considered:' a close approximation to the ‘Hero’s Journey of antiquity’ structured–

narrative where his ‘Ordeal’ was just hitting its more… emphasized stride

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