Smartbaby and his friends

SmartBaby and the Mantis immediately take off and start running away from the Sunny Eye.

SmartBaby and the Mantis run away from the Sunny Eye across the field.

THE LAZY MANTIS

You're really good at making friends. First, the Rat chased us away, and now the friendliest person in the park is threatening to fry us…

SMARTBABY

We made a deal with the Rat, so we'll make a deal with the Eye. Somehow.

SUNNY EYE

(furious)

I promise I'll fry you, and The foodstick is just as much of a whiner as you are and I'll warn him not to be friends with you!! That you're a pest!!

CHAPTER 9

SmartBaby and THE LAZY MANTIS run up to the ravine. TheБогомол stops abruptly at the edge of the cliff and sees that the ravine is filled almost to the top with thick fog.

Sunny EYE is speeding towards the ravine.

SUNNY EYE

I'll show you who's a hallucination and who's not.

SmartBaby turns back as he runs, towards the oncoming Sunny EYE, and suddenly crashes into the stopped Praying Mantis, causing them to roll down the ravine.

Sunny EYE doesn't have enough time to stop and hits the top of the fog, exploding like a fireworks display and disappearing.

There is no fog at the bottom of the ravine. And only the dim daylight gives the appearance that there is a fog cap or cloud above them. THE LAZY MANTIS and SmartBaby roll all the way to the bottom.

SmartBaby doesn't feel pain and jumps to his feet immediately. He looks up and makes a surprised expression on the screen. The mantis is lying down and holding its sides.

THE LAZY MANTIS

Oh, it hurts. Oh, hey, hey!

SMARTBABY

What's wrong with you, buddy?

THE LAZY MANTIS

It hurts, rolling down the hill over the bumps. Don't you feel any pain at all? Don't you have any pain?

SMRATIK

What is pain?

THE LAZY MANTIS

Are you asking me?

SMRATIK

Sorry.

And SmartBaby looks up.

Immediately everything around becomes hazy, the fog partially dissipates and only the face of Uncle Internet from the air has a clear contrast.

UNCLE INTERNET

Hello SmartBaby , what do you need?

SMARTBABY

Hello Uncle Internet. And what is pain?

UNCLE INTERNET

Pain, my boy, is an unpleasant sensation and emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage to body tissues, or described by a living being in terms of such damage. Pain can be mild or severe, ranging from discomfort to agony.

SMARTBABY

Why don't I feel pain?

UNCLE INET

Because you are not a biological being, but a mechanical one.

SMARTBABY

How is it?

UNCLE INET

You are not made up of living cells, but of metal parts through which electric current flows. Therefore, each of your parts does not have a living state. But when a part breaks, you can only feel the damage, for example, with a broken glass, but since it does not have a nervous system, you feel this damage differently, without emotions. You just feel a slight program failure and the penetration of moisture through it.

SMARTBABY

Thank you Uncle Internet. I think I get it. Pain is when there's a different kind of short circuit.