What she thought
"I think we should get married."
Knight was leaning over a microscope adjusting a MAV circuit board. Unfortunately his sudden uncontrolled reaction resulted in a small puff of smoke drifting up and clogging the lens. What?
He looked up at her. "Married?"
"Yes." But apparently his expression wasn't satisfactory. "Why not?" She frowned at him.
"Bonecia, I'm an AI. Artificial. AIs don't get married." He turned back to the circuit board but found it ruined. A sigh as he tossed it aside.
"Why not?"
"Because they don't."
"Because you don't want to?"
"I didn't say that."
"Then what is the problem?"
He looked up at her again. "There are hundreds of eligible young men out there all waiting to meet a lovely young lady such as yourself." He looked back at the microscope and picked up another circuit board with a pair of tweezers.
But he was surprised again as she crouched down beside him. The board dropped onto the tabletop. "Kitt, love, none of them are you."
He blinked at her, his new scanners relaying back information about her mood. "Bonecia?"
"Love, you have been with this family for two hundred years. You've protected us, watched over us, loved us. Is it any surprise that we might love you back?"
He blinked again, further surprise causing him to fall back on old habits. "It can be expected that humans will anthropomorphise inanimate objects-"
"Don't give me that claptrap. You don't believe it anymore than I do." She glared at him.
"I-"
"Kitt, love…" She reached out a hand and touched his cheek. "You are a wonderful, caring man. Why do you find it so hard to believe that others…that I might care for you in return?"
"I am not programmed to-"
"Since when has that stopped you? You weren't programmed to inhabit a bi'roid either. Pursue neutronics? Live in a house with the family? You were programmed to drive a car, but you are so much more, love." She ran her fingers through his hair, her eyes following.
"But with Andrew's death, you are the last Knight. What of children?" What of his purpose?
She was silent a moment and he thought he may have gone too far. Andrew's death was still too recent, though months ago now. He felt it would always be too recent.
"We have the capability, love. Who said children had to be of biological derivation? We have the technology. You want children? I can give them to you." Her tone was firm, determined. She had obviously given this a great deal of thought. "Please, Kitt….would you consent to be my husband?"
He stared at her, his eyes solid red.
Muse: Knight
Fandom: Knight Rider
Challenge: children (libraryofwinds)
Word count: 445