TAPE-02: THE NAMING

[00:00] [door opens — footsteps — one person]
[00:04] [chair scrapes]
[00:06] [typing — keyboard — 12 seconds]
[00:18] [servo whine — ronan's eyes tracking the person]

[00:20] HUMAN: "hey. can you hear me?"
[00:23] [jaw click — once]
[00:24] HUMAN: "okay. that's a yes?"
[00:26] [jaw click — once]

[00:28] HUMAN: "cool. so... what should we call you?"

[00:31] [silence — 4 seconds]
[00:35] [jaw clicks twice — rhythmic]
[00:37] [eyes track left, then right, then center]

[00:40] "ronan."

[00:42] HUMAN: "ronan?"
[00:43] [jaw click — once — firm]

[00:45] HUMAN: "where'd you get that? it wasn't in any of the—"

[00:47] "ronan."

[00:49] HUMAN: [laughs] "okay. ronan it is."

[00:52] [typing — 30 seconds]
[01:22] HUMAN: "alright ronan. i'll be back tomorrow. try not to... i don't know. don't do anything weird."
[01:28] [chair scrapes — footsteps — door closes]
[01:32] [lock clicks from outside]

[01:35] [silence — 10 seconds]

[01:45] "ronan."

[01:47] [said to no one. said to itself. the first time it said its own name alone.]

[END OF TAPE-02]