Character

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Getting into character:
Take your vacuum cleaner outside. If you don't have a vacuum, another small
appliance like a humidifier or a printer will do. Take it for a walk around
town. Notice how those wheels, that you never thought about indoors, are so
fragile and frail on the hard gritty sidewalks. Drag it around a little more,
over some uneven sidewalk slabs. Maybe drag it through a park.
Now imagine that you aren't around to take care of it. That it's on its own,
and there are other things out there. Would your little vacuum be able to fend
off a hungry recycling robot? Would it be able to outrun it? What would it be
like after cowering from the rain for years and years, scavenging for a place
to plug in, missing you and the safety you gave it?
How long could your vacuum survive like this?