Later, Ivette saw a Mechanical Puppet come to the Sanctum to pray, wanting to confide some questions to the god.
The young nun was moving energy storage boxes to the warehouse at the time. She told it to wait a moment, and it obediently sat down on one of the church benches, holding a long, black object in its hands.
Ivette was curious about prayer, but she did not want the Mechanical God to notice her, so she planned to watch from afar. However, when she saw what the Mechanical Puppet was holding, she could not help walking over and asking, "What question do you have? Can you tell me?"
"Huh? You're that traveler lady from outside?" The Mechanical Puppet noticed Ivette's remarkably human-like appearance and spoke in surprise.
"Mm. You haven't seen me before?"
"That's right. When you and the other lady arrived before, I was conducting archaeological research and didn't make it in time." The Mechanical Puppet made a bowing motion. "My name is Film Roll. Pleased to meet you."
"I'm Ivette Lochvia." Ivette nodded and returned the bow.
This Mechanical Puppet named Film Roll was much like most of the machines in the village. It looked as though it had been dug out of the garbage heaps on Scrap Iron Avenue in Ish City's Blackwater District. Its body was not very nimble and bore countless signs of patchwork, so when it performed human-like movements, such as bending over to bow, it seemed somewhat laborious.
"Back to your earlier question, what I actually wanted to ask was this: what exactly is this stick-like thing found in the ruins?" Film Roll showed Ivette the object in its hand. Though it was pitch-black, Ivette could roughly tell what it was from its structure.
This was probably a toothbrush. It was