Orion's Wild Awakening

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Orion's metal fingers dug into wet sand as waves crashed over his legs. His blue optical sensors flickered to life, scanning the unfamiliar shoreline. Seaweed tangled around his joints, and salt water dripped from his silver chest plate. He tried to access his memory banks, but static filled his circuits. Where was he? How did he get here? The last thing he remembered was... nothing. Just emptiness where data should be. He pushed himself up, servos whirring, and looked around at the wild forest that stretched beyond the beach. Tall trees swayed in the wind, their branches reaching toward cloudy skies. This wasn't like any place in his programming.

A curious raccoon approached, chittering softly. It sniffed at Orion's metal foot, then began picking at the seaweed wrapped around his ankle. Orion watched, fascinated, as the small creature used its nimble paws to untangle the green strands. When the raccoon finished, it looked up at him with bright eyes before scampering back into the forest undergrowth. Orion stood slowly, his joints creaking from the salt water. He needed shelter, but his databases contained no information about wilderness survival. The sun was already starting to sink lower in the sky. He would have to learn quickly, or his power cells wouldn't last through the cold night ahead.