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MEETING A PERSON FROM THE PAST
We entered into what appeared to be a super big room. Inside everything was white, just like outside. But not because of the snow, thankfully. I suspected there were more of those jumbo heat generators here, though I couldn't see them. There were numerous robot miniatures moving about on definite errands. One of them offered me coffee. When I said thanks, (out of habit ofcourse) and just real.ised I had been thanking a machine, it surprised me with a smiley that lit up its small screen.
"Wow!" I marvelled. Vi smiled. "We would be going there." she pointed to a small circular dias in the centre of the room. As soon as we reached it, it started moving up. I realised that the room was divided into floors by a number of galleries that run around it. As we moved up I caught sight of many more bots at unusual(for me) actions. One of them, for example, was dismantling and remantling itself at rapid speed, while another seemed to be taking notes about it. Others I saw were talking to a screen where images appeared and vanished at amazing alacrity. It seemed like those scifi movies I watched at home. Only this one had me in it. Soon, our ride stopped. I saw we were at the top most level of this dome shaped building. "After you" Vi said spreading out her hands towards a bridge that was rapidly forming at our feet. I saw that this floor was divided into many cubicles with a person or two working in each of them. There were hardly any bots at site. I understood this must be the head quarter. The bridge joined...