30 Days of Fiction, Day #10: I Know You Got Soul

(Inspired by a 30-day yoga challenge at my yoga studio, I'm writing 30 flash fictions in 30 days. One a day. 100 words or less. Time limit: 15 minutes. You can read all of them here.)

On the screen, four men talked about whether or not robots have souls. The robot put another piece of popcorn in her mouth and chewed. The owner was out; she had memorized his password. One of the men referred to her as a creature. If she was human, this would've bothered her. All the men were very interested in her: how she worked, what made her gears turn, what resided deep within her. She noted their blank faces, the mechanical way they talked. One claimed his wife was a cyborg. The robot shook her head and tried not to laugh.

Time: 7 minutes

Word count: 100