It’s keeping track of how many times it’s seen a human so it won’t forget.
One of my favourite recurring enemies from doctor who.
Even better, some show examples of natural cellular automata!
Aklu the Unspeakable, the Razor and the Hook!
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From the Shards of Earth book trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
I finished the children of time series and cage of souls a few months ago. Love the words he builds, tho I kinda feel like he struggles to end his story’s strong
I didn’t read the Cage of Souls [yet], but the Shards of Earth series had a very strong ending and clean wrap up.
I found the beginning of the first book was a bit unsettling at first, with the character’s styles seemingly dab a bit into fantasy, but the author quite nicely turned things around after.
What timing. I literally just put down the book after reading chapter 12 and checked Lemmy.