Humans Are Space Orcs - Vol. 1

Heartbeats

[Mechanical Alien Medic] *places earfin close to chest* What is this thumping sound? Has something broken inside you?

[Human] *eyes revealing their eternal internal suffering* Other than my will to live? No.

[Mechanical Alien Medic] *stares in confusion* Then why???

[Human Soldier] *shrugs* It's the sound my heart makes when it pumps blood. A heartbeat. You've already seen it, doc.

[Mechanical Alien Medic] *expression turns deadpan* Scans do not reveal audio, Lieutenant.

[Human Soldier] No but they do show everything wrong with my body

[Mechanical Alien Medic] *scans the human frantically* *finds nothing wrong* What?? is wrong??? exactly????

[Human Soldier] My existence

[Mechanical Alien Medic] Lieutenant no

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Human Soldier| Me

Mechanical Alien Medic| Like an Exo from Destiny mixed with Cybertronians from Transformers