The silence of the station was a frequency Eydis couldn't tune out. To her, "waiting" wasn't just time passing. It was a precise, data driven catalog of Martin's absence. She sat beneath the digital mural of their home, feeling the hollow weight of being a person who was currently missing her other half.

A heavy huff broke the quiet.

Baxter didn't understand the complexity of her processors, but he knew the scent of a lonely heart. He climbed onto the couch, his breathing a rhythmic, messy contrast to the station’s mechanical hum. With a solemn grunt, he nudged his matted, neon parrot onto her lap, a clumsy offering of his most prized possession.

Eydis looked at the toy, then into Baxter’s dark, unwavering eyes. The ache didn't vanish, but it softened. She wasn't just an android in standby mode; she was a living soul, anchored to the stars by a dog who refused to let her be alone.

NOTES:
Created for the Sexy Robot Contest III on Renderhub. You should all join in! The more the merrier.

The "backdrop" is actually a planet and space station just rendered far back and through a glass that had texture. I liked that it became a huge digital canvas or painting. It will be broken in the next image of this series.

NO AI USED. But I did use the free Google Snapseed and free Affinity Canva

PART 2 here: https://www.renderhub.com/gallery/91669/they-know-part-2