The battered robot's sword
will no longer fit its sheath.
The blade is rusted and bent.
The handle tarnished and broken.
Now the sword is good for only one thing.

The robot's enemy offers a truce,
with a miraculous incentive:
If the robot throws down his sword
for good, he will have the chance
to become human. The wizard

promises to make this so.
The robot, battered himself,
turns his back on his enemy,
falls to his creaky knees
and commits hari-kari.