Bot 13 was programmed for destruction, data retrieval, and absolute obedience to evil. It did not understand why this strange, furry creature was hugging it. It didn't understand the concept of a "balloon."
Dominator stared at the robot for a long, cold moment. She didn't see a changed soul. She didn't see a friend. She saw broken equipment. "Useless," Dominator sneered.
With the casual flick of a lever, she opened the airlock beneath the drone. Bot 13 didn't fight back. As it was sucked out into the cold vacuum of space, falling toward the atmosphere to burn up just like Bot 42 before it, its red eye flickered one last time. [S2E23] (23-24)The Cartoon/The Bot
"I think there was a heart in there, Sylvia," Wander said softly, clutching the yellow balloon string that the bot had left behind.
It didn't calculate its trajectory or its impending destruction. It just replayed a saved video file of a furry orange nomad sharing a sandwich. Bot 13 was programmed for destruction, data retrieval,
The robot froze. Its red eye darted from Wander's smiling face to the terrifying symbol of its creator flashing on its internal HUD. It knew what it had to do.
Before Sylvia could argue, the bot's internal transceiver began to hum. Lord Dominator’s furious voice crackled through its speakers. "Bot 13! Return to base immediately with the Volcanium X or face immediate termination!" She didn't see a changed soul
The orange, furry nomad gasped as he pulled his tangled kite from the sand, only to find a smoking, twitching piece of metal at the end of the string. His huge eyes went wide with wonder.