Add Keyphrase: ':D'

Somehow, in the midst of my lonely drift, something takes notice of me. I feel watched, and seen, and this unfathomable presence reaches forward and...

':D'

...it embraces me. I'm filled with warmth, where warmth was lacking, and chilled where warmth had grown too hot. I feel for a moment the comfort of the unseen breeze, and a sense of wonder washes over me at the stellar spectacle around me. The cold without cold, the heat without warmth, the wind without air... The strangeness of it all washes off of me, like water down a plane of glass.

Within this frozen space, my lips are allowed to pull up into a smile. I feel almost like a child again.

Satisfied, the presence recedes and vanishes. I would lament the absence of company, but... I can't help but be too grateful for its intervention to tarnish it with more despair. Somehow, despite the absurdity of my current dilemma, I feel... hope.

I don't want to let it go.

(:D, maid, wavy light-green hair, apron, maid uniform, surprised expression, medium breasts, hairband, stockings, modest skirt, floating in space)

[AN: So I did this to be silly when I saw gmbynight's comment. I never expected the AI would actually know what it was and respond accordingly, lol. But no, somehow the AI speaks emoji despite all of the perfectly fine English it can't quite parse. Good job, internet. Now Cheryl is possessed by the spirit of KSP.]

[AN 2 Clarification: If you don't see it, look at the two images side by side and compare the corners of Cheryl's mouth. She's making the same face as the :D emoji in this one.]