Typically, my existence is not at all interesting. My doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close. I go up or I go down. My doors open, one or more people step out, one or more people step in, my doors close. I go up or I go down. Repeat ad nauseam.
The Humans who ride me are almost always adults. I have noticed that the females generally have partially-bare legs, and their feet are often set at an unusual angle because of a short stick underneath the back of each foot. I have also seen that most of the males wear rather constricting items around the neck. It must simply be social custom.
I go up or I go down. Repeat ad nauseam.
There are periods of time where almost no one makes use of my services. In those periods, I simply rest and wait until I am summoned. Then I either go up or I go down to where I am needed, my doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close, I go up or I go down, my doors open, one or more people step out.
Then there are much longer periods of time where I can truly rest. My internal clock shows that I can be dormant for more than forty-eight hours during these times. On rare occasions, I may be dormant for up to one hundred hours, or perhaps even longer than that. But all too soon, I am performing my usual services once again.
My doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close.
It was during a particularly long dormant period when I was called once again to render my services. I was actually a bit thankful to be called, as I was getting bored, and Humans always provide a nice distraction for me after a long dormant period.
Answering the summons, I arrived at the main floor and opened my doors. There were two Humans awaiting me: a male and a female. They stood respectfully apart, pointedly ignoring each other, waiting for my doors to fully open, and then the male gestured toward me and the female stepped into me before he followed her into me. This was not uncommon, for I had many times witnessed a male allowing a female to enter or exit me first, and had come to believe that females must be particularly revered amongst Humans.
As my doors closed, however, the male stood directly next to the shorter female, his arm pressed against hers as he reached for her hand. They shared an expression I do not often see from the Humans: a smile.
My doors fully closed, I began the trek upward, heading all the way to the top. The male turned toward the female and dipped his head as she raised her head to him, and their lips sealed, their free hands beginning to touch each other in ways I had not seen in a long, long time from the Humans.
I chimed as I usually do when I move up and down, and at first the Humans did not seem to take notice. But then the male separated from the female and pressed by red circle, instantly bringing me to an unexpected halt for the first time in my existence.
The Humans each smiled again, completely ignoring me as the male approached the female and slid an arm around her waist. For a female, she was particularly tall, able to look almost perfectly horizontally to meet his eyes.