Lee Hates Kid A (a white cube folktale)

The following is the shitty and awkwardly written story of a possible reason as to why lee hates kid a. It's not canon.

“Ice
age coming”. It was a phrase that Lee never thought he would hear, but the
concept was too foreign to him, so he dismissed it. “Ice age coming”, the
android repeated, staring at Lee.

“Are
you capable of saying anything else?” he asked.

“I
can” said the android, “But I do not wish to talk here.”

As
lee begun to walk away, he called back “Follow me, we can talk at my place.”

And
so, they walked, an android and a human. The android, from a land far away, the
human, the honorary leader of the nearby town. Lee, the leader had been in the
town for many years, and oversaw its events, made tough decisions, and cared
for everyone’s well-being. A few hours later, they arrived back in the town of
La’strene. It was not a big town, but it was organized, with rows upon rows of
houses, all of which were white and perfectly cube shaped. Besides the forest
the exited from, the town was almost entirely surrounded with farmland, where
there were many people working away the hours. As they neared one of the white
cube dwellings, the outline of a door appeared and they entered.

“So,
who are you, and what were you doing in out in the woods?” asked Lee.

“I have no name if that is what you are
asking”, replied the android “but I have come to warn you and help you”. Lee
laughed to himself. “First things first. Who are you, and what are you?”

Kid
A stared at him for a moment. “I am an android. The name my creators have given
me is Kid A.”

Lee
was surprised, as he hadn’t seen many androids before and never one this close.
“Secondly, take a look here”, Kid A moved to Lee’s side, and as he did, a
square in the wall shimmered and it became clear, like a window. “You see this?
We farm everything we need. We have sustained ourselves for many years, we get
what we need, and we thrive. It is perfect here, why would we need your help?”

The
android stood there, watching the people toil away in the heat. “As I had
mentioned before, there is an ice age coming. Much has to be done if your
people are to even have a chance of surviving it.”

Lee’s
look quickly turned to one of disgust, “I don’t have time for your jokes. It
has never snowed here, and we have never seen the lakes freeze. If you have
nothing else, I suggest you leave now.”

A
few hours later, Lee was walking through the town when he saw a group of people
in a crowd. “What’s going on?” he cried as he ran over to the crowd. In the
center, the android stood, spouting the same things he had said to Lee.

“There
is an ice age coming, all of you are in danger! If you want to survive you have
to do exactly as I say!”

“How do we know we can trust you” called out a
townsperson.

“I
have no way to prove to you what is coming”, the android solemnly replied “but
if you do not take heed of my warning, you will all be frozen to death in 2
weeks.”

The
crowd begun murmuring amongst themselves “this is crazy, there’s no way this is
real”, “what does it have to gain by lying to us? I say we trust it”, “I’m not
convinced, but I am not going to take my chances on this.”

“Enough!”
Everyone turned to face Lee. “Why are you letting this… thing spread these lies
into your mind?”

“I
am no “thing””, the android replied, “I am your only chance for salvation.”

“You
keep going on about saving us, yet you’ve given us no explanation how” said
Lee. Peoples heads begun to nod, and as they grew restless, the animosity
towards the android grew.

“I
will tell you” said the android. “I have the blueprints necessary to create a
beacon which will alert my masters to our location, where they will be able to
evacuate you all before the ice age wipes out all life”. The crowd became
silent. They did not fully believe the android but they could tell that It was
serious in what it had said.

“Yeah?
And where will they take us?” asked Lee, making no attempt to hide the
skepticism in his voice.

“To
the homeland, where you’ll live relatively free lives under my masters watch.”
replied the android, “It would be a utopia, where you’d have no worries or any
problems. We would be delighted to have some… organic companions.”

Lee
walked directly up to the android. He was quite tall, and towered over it,
staring menacingly. “I told you already, it’s perfect here. We don’t need you
to come here and spout your false tales. Even if you mean what you say, how do
we know we can trust you?” Lee turned towards the people “You know what we’d be
if we let this trash heap’s masters take us away? Slaves, they’d make us
slaves.”. He turned back to the android and said “Now, if you’re not gone by
the time I wake up tomorrow, I’ll oversee your departure myself.”

Lee
walked away, muttering obscenities under his breath. After a few minutes, he
realized that in his anger, he had walked out of town, and was now standing in
the town’s graveyard. Seeing the rows upon rows of headstones stopped him and
made him think. *There are more of these*
from the last year than I’d like there to be. The people tell me they’re
hungry, but I always have enough food, how can they be starving? What are the
fields for if they’re not producing anything? All I’ve tried to do is oversee
these people as best as I can. I saw this town built from the ground up when I was
younger, I can’t just let this android destroy the legacy of our forefathers. *Suddenly,*
he snapped back to clarity. Walking away, to his house this time, he knew what
he had to do.

The
sounds of metal clanging woke Lee the next day. Confused, he rushed outside to
see the people assembling a large tower. He grabbed the nearest citizen and
spun them around, asking what was going on. “We’re uh, building the beacon for
the android” she said hurriedly.

“And just why are you doing that? Do you want
to live your life as a slave?” pressed Lee, anger clouding his mind. “

Look”
the townsperson said as she pointed to what used to be a puddle of water, “it
froze, we’ve never seen that before. How can the android be lying if there’s
ice?”

Lee’s
face grew distorted with fury “It’s a trick! It has to be! The android probably
froze it himself, can’t you people see?” He was ignored, and the building
continued. Lee scrambled around, looking for Kid A. *He has to be stopped, this is utter madness* he thought, as he
searched through the masses. All of a sudden, his eyes locked onto Kid A. He
grabbed a shovel he found on the ground, intending to use as a weapon, and
advanced on the android. Kid A turned, saw the threat that was approaching, and
called out for help. Almost instantaneously, he was surrounded by townspeople.
“Let me through” shouted Lee, swinging the shovel at them. But they did not
budge.

“You’re
not welcome here” one of the people said, “you cannot interrupt us, or it will
be too late for any of us to be saved”. Lee stood there for a while, stating at
the android and the people surrounding it, all the while the builders continued
working on the beacon. Finally, he gave up, dropping his shovel and leaving
without saying another word.

That
night, Lee returned to the building site. The workers had all gone home, but
the android remained. Why it had refused to move, Lee did not know, but he was
thankful for the opportunity that presented itself to him. Walking softly, Lee
found the shovel he had dropped earlier, and clutched it tightly. A million
thoughts raced through his mind as he snuck up behind Kid A. *What if it’s telling the truth? What if an*
ice age is coming? Am I doing the right thing? No, *he thought,* this is what’s right. Things are perfect
here and I will not let this machine ruin it all. *He lifted up the shovel,*
and in one hard swing he felled the android. Quickly, before anyone could come
along and question him he began to drag the android’s body away. A few hours
later, he gave up and tossed the android down. *This is pretty deep in the forest* he thought to himself *nobody is going to find it here.*

 The
following day, the town was in a state of confusion. Where was Kid A? Nobody
knew. People questioned Lee, but he affirmed that he had no idea about where
the android was. “I’m happy to see it gone, but unfortunately I do not know
where it has gone” he said, and nobody really questioned him further. In the
following days, the material used to construct the beacon was needed elsewhere,
so it was quickly dissembled.

Less
than two weeks, later, when everyone had begun to forget about the android, it
begun to snow. Nobody realized this however, as it happened late at night when
all were asleep.  Temperatures dropped to
-60 that night, and since the houses had not heating system most did not live
to see morning. Those that did, found themselves freezing and died shortly
after. Except for Lee. He woke up to the sound of something clawing at his
house. When he allowed the door to materialize, Kid A was there, dragging
itself into his house. Behind it, he could see the snow piling up, and felt his
skin begin to freeze. Kid A lunged at him, knocking him to the ground. Before
the cold embrace took him, the last words he heard, came from the android. “Ice
age coming”.