Elbert Fixes a Friend

A bonus piece written for the Smogust event of @Bradley Ramsey and @The Circus Dragon

Elbert sat alone in the ruins of dwarven achievement 

More than a little bit scared of what came next 

The world was big and in need of some care

Signs of destruction and neglect lay everywhere. 

The task of revival seemed impossibly tall 

Even to a dragon who was not small, not at all!

He still felt the pain of the loss of his friend 

He had cared so much for Ronnie, right to the end. 

A dragon should not be alone, this he knew

So he needed to figure out something to do. 

As he gazed in reflection on the jumble of rubble,

He noticed someone or something in some trouble.

Propped against a pillar of stone 

A solitary robot sat all on its own. 

Elbert could see that it was not in good shape 

For parts of it were missing, even its head was agape. 

The heartstrings of the dragon felt heavy with grief 

But also a glimmer of hope for relief. 

He remembered getting kindness in his time of strife 

And so he believed he could bring this robot back to life. 

He got right to work with some tools he had scavenged 

To fix what he could fix and salvage what he could salvage 

Slowly but surely the robot took its form

And Elbert felt a bit less alone. 

With a last tightened screw his work was complete 

Elbert stepped back to observe his great feat.

A glimmer of light shimmered out of the eye

And the robot moved, slowly coming to life!

“Aha!” Elbert cried, more filled with shock than with pride 

A forgotten emotion warmed him from inside 

The robot rotated its head and bent its limbs 

Moving about and exploring the scene. 

“Friend?” it then asked with a staticky crackle

The word brought strong feelings to the dragon,

but he nodded and stuck out a claw of greeting. 

“My name is Elbert, and I am a dragon.”

He heard a few beeps and saw some red flashes 

Of light as the robot processed his words. 

“Greetings, Elbert dragon,” the robot replied. 

It gripped the claw awkwardly. 

“I am Automaton Droid 2.0,” it said with its eyes aglow. 

“Thank you for helping me, friend Elbert dragon,”

it continued while giving walking a go. 

With lurches and stumbles it remembered how to walk 

And with more patience, back came its full ability to talk   

Elbert and AD 2.0 clicked in no time,

Sharing stories of their pasts and going on adventures. 

The absence within Elbert proceeded to shrink

Once again he felt grateful to have a friend 

And AD 2.0 felt grateful to be rescued from a dead end.