Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Beast
The mechanical switch buckled under my weight.
On the giant monitor above us, a single letter appeared in a search bar: **H**.
"Rowan, the 'E'! Then the 'L'!"
Rowan dashed across the desk, leaping from the 'D' to the 'E'. He was fast, his small plastic joints whirring with a tiny, electric motor sound. We were a team of two, dancing across the alphabet.
**H-E-L-P**