(either: "It", "The (either: 'new-made', 'newborn', 'freshly made', 'new', '\') (either: 'homunculus', 'creature', 'thing', 'puppet', 'marionette', 'simulation', 'sprite')") (either: "opens its eyes", "wakes", "comes to life", "quickens to life", "begins to be alive", "moves for the first time", "breathes in", "takes its first breath", "begins to breathe", "pulses with life").
It (either: "slowly", "carefully", "soon", "(either: 'gathers itself', 'blinks a moment', 'listens to its heartbeat (or what it has in its place)', 'takes a deep breath', 'grins suddenly'), then", "eagerly", "quietly") (either: "stands", "stands up", "pushes itself up", "gets to its feet", "takes on an upright posture", "takes in its surroundings"). This, then, is life.
It lives. It changes. It forgets(either: ', if it ever knew,', '') (either: "what once it was", "that it was once created", "that there is (either: 'something watching it', 'another reality above its own')", "that it is not human"). ~~It~~ (either: "(either: 'E', 'Ey', 'Ze', 'Thon') becomes (either: 'a wizard', 'a mage', 'a programmer', 'a sculptor', 'a writer', 'a person of great power', 'a scientist', 'an artist', 'an alchemist', 'something nearly aspiring to godhood'), and decides", "(either: 'She', 'He') becomes (either: 'a wizard', 'a mage', 'a programmer', 'a sculptor', 'a writer', 'a person of great power', 'a scientist', 'an artist', 'an alchemist', 'something nearly aspiring to godhood'), and decides", "They become (either: 'a wizard', 'a mage', 'a programmer', 'a sculptor', 'a writer', 'a person of great power', 'a scientist', 'an artist', 'an alchemist', 'something nearly aspiring to godhood'), and decide") (either: "to", "that it is time to", "to become a parent, to") (either: "create life", "have a child", "create something new", "birth something", "create a child", "bring something (either: 'new', '\') into the world").
It will not be a true child, of course. It will be a thing in a world all its own. But it will live, and think, and feel, and it will believe that it is real.
[[(either: "Bring it to life.", "Breathe life into it now.", "Pull the lever.", "Cast the spell.", "Now.")|Awakening]]