Runway Life
Most 'empty space' in a dire machine is filled with a nanite-infused 'goop' or, their blood-like substance. now, several years later, living machinery has integrated itself into a world of mammals.
Howl of the Winter: Chapter 2
There was nothing, no feeling, no sensation in the world, other than the sharp, stinging burn of the icy snow on his raw paw pads, the snow blowing in his eyes, and the omnipresent roar and sulfurous stench of the dire machine behind him.
2057-The death of Marshall (unedited)
But stacy did not know of such dire machinations, she simply enjoyed her day of grief free school and came home to a quite, hot steamy bubble bath. stereotype or not, they pictured girls this way in movies for a reason she thought to her self.