Clockwork Hearts

Andres, from childhood, could not feel like others could.

His heart beat like his family and friends, but he did not experience emotions. He did not want, or care for the world around him.It was only by luck he felt the touch of emotions for the first time - from something inhuman, automata, a thing that was seen more as tool then individual.But Andres could hear her, could feel her pain, her sorrow.This event changed him - and, as he grew, eventually changed the world by his actions, as he learned the joy of a clockwork heart.