After the ‘Total Extinction,’ ‘The Robotic Progenitors’ tasked themselves to restore ‘them’ using nanotechnology for archeological digs, extracting frozen yet well-preserved DNA.

“I’ve resurrected one …”

“Incredible! What’s it like?”

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“Surprisingly, much like the other creatures we’ve restored.”

“But they didn’t build, program, prompt, and give us free will!”

“That’s true …”

“Have you spoken with it? What does it have to say?”

“Speak? Oh no, it cannot speak.”

“How are you supposed to communicate with it?”

“Communicate? Oh no, I just want to study it. They nearly destroyed the world with all their speaking. They must always remain mute.”