Satisfying. Winding down. Winding the mechanism up. Finishing a task.

Hyena automaton focusing. Delicate motions.
Nearly spent itself.
Ticking down.

The watch. Repaired. Reset. Cleaned. Given a new time to function, to work.

The automaton observing. Wonderful mechanism, fixing another. But at the same time, envious of the simpler thing.


Starting. Functioning. Nearly as soon as some tension is given. Functioning. While it is being wound.

Envious. The automaton stops. The automaton does not function while it is being wound.

It likes it. But wishes that it could.
But that may lead to it winding itself, and that is not allowed.