Chapter 3c: Skills of the Common Man - Repairing the Bridge

Later, Jerrod decided he felt too guilty leaving the little robot behind. He knew what is was like to want to start over after making mistakes. He knew what it was like to feel los, alone, and bitter, too.   So, he went to a village artisan and paid him using the scrap he took back to make a new teddy bear. He took the bear back to the little robot atop the tower, and explained that he knew what the little robot must have been feeling. The cried together at their shared fate.   “…I decided,” said the little robot, “that it doesn’t matter if I keep making mistakes, as long as I don’t give up trying.”   So the little robot followed Jerrod, Ephraim, and Blizz back home, and picked one of the village clans to join at random.   He still made lots of mistakes. Lots and lots. But there were two things he knew how to do well: persevere, and learn.  

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End of Chapter 3c