"It does not seem adequate," the girl said, inspecting the cracks in her plating.
Dr. Morrison sighed, he'd explained this to the aliens time and again. Though their technological insight had provided the breakthrough necessary for his work, there were so many basic concepts the creatures struggled to understand.
"This is a prototype," Morrison repeated. "We will attach the rest of the organic matter once we have tested the basic frame. Please try flexing your fingers.
The girl looked at her hands, moving each finger dutiful, her eyes inspecting the digit for the first time.
And even though she was artificial, Dr. Morrison could not control his own arousal to the naked blonde in front of her, even incomplete. The foundation was all there, the curves of her breasts bare, dark lines connecting the flesh-colored plastic plates that formed the large orbs. In the middle, where the nipples would be attached, were two black circles.
It reminded him of a breast augmentation surgery, when the doctor draws on lines with a marker, only these lines were structural. The building blocks of a human clicked and snapped together like Lego bricks until this manufactured Barbie came to life.
Flexing her fingers in front of him, controlled by one of these aliens.
Dr. Morrison could have cared less about the implications to the human race. What were they compared to the thrill of scientific discovery? Here was life, standing stark and new, his own impossible dreams realized in the glow of the augment Lithium battery above her breasts.
They continued the tests, the girl responding to a series of reflex tests. The results were mixed, less convincing than he anticipated, but there was no scientific reason for the lag in each command.
The alien was simply unused to this new form.
Dr. Morrison sensed the creature's disappointment.