A chaotic scene unfolded, the phones had been ringing nonstop for the past hours.
There was some kind of breach in the firewall, programs that weren't supposed to interact with one another had suddenly been interconnected.
Milvago Tintie was one of the latest workers that had been hired to upgrade the systems in the Company some week ago. While waiting for the interview he had met Ella Rove, a girl that had been at the company for a year or so.
There was something about Ella that sparked a thought in Milvago, something he hadn't encountered Before. A door deep within had opened and simple logic was not enough to explain this strange algorhitm.
A few weeks passed by at the office and he recognized how different he was from the other colleagues working there. They never asked him to have coffee together and others thought that it was strange that he never ate lunch while sitting alone at the table in the lunch area.
It was not the first time he had experienced this kind of exclusion because of who he was. So it came as a great surprise when Ella one day sat down at this table. They had a lively conversation about everything and nothing, getting so caught up that they lost track of the allotted three quarter of an hour long lunch break.
Getting back late from the lunch that day he was still focused on her and the regular work tasks soon received less attention. He looked forward to the next moment they would speak, and the next moment after that.
And so the weeks kept churning, they would meet often and spend time talking and one day he simply came to the conclusion that he was in love with her. Caught up in these thoughts he decided he would visit her one day, bring a gift and ask her if she felt the same way.
It was a Thursday before a public holiday when he dressed in his best shirt and suitable clothes.
There was a bit of rain, so he brought an umbrella and got into the taxi.
It arrived just outside of the building and he stepped out, looking at the top floor.
"This is it" he said as he opened the door to the lobby and headed for the elevator.
He rang the bell at her apartment. He smiled wide and waited with anticipation.
This was the most important occasion in a long time, perhaps in his whole existence.
She opened the door carefully, smiled at first when she saw him. Her eyes moved towards the gift he carried and the smile faded somewhat as if she already knew his intentions. She looked him in the eye and a brief silence followed.
He started speaking but she cut him off gently but decisive.
"We can't be together Milvago" she said while the rain trickled down his face, "you know they would never allow it".
A tear traveled down her cheek and she now smiled a broken smile as tears started forming.
This was an emotion he could never show. It was only reserved for humans.
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