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I appreciate that you shared your notes and some insights into your writing process, and I'll take those into account in my comments.

I found the flow of the story a little hard to follow at times. You could literally double the story's length and still fit within the word count limit, so, especially when you're trying to evoke a very alien mindset and perspective, I would add a line or two that helps clarify what's going on - without "breaking character", naturally.

That said, I always appreciate when writers try and depart from the ideas and lore of the "source" franchise and play with what makes the OPR lore unique, and I like how you explore the Robot Legions' unique psychology. I think again you could benefit from more of a back-and-forth here - I would have appreciated seeing Kali a little further along in the development of her heterodox philosophy, rather than the very initial stages. I think that might have worked better as an exploration of the theme by setting up a dialogue about different modes of 'good' and their contrasting evils.

The flow and context definitely suffered due to having the time between two World Cup matches to do some research and submit an entry, closing out knowing I had just edged past the 500 word minimum. Felt I could get away with it by having readers fill in some of the blanks but after revisiting it a few days later it’s all quite rough. Thanks for reading, though!

Thank you for writing! I did enjoy the work and, let me add that the titular Catechism as a central motif was a good choice. I think that's what made me curious to see both where Kali's thoughts develop, and to further explore the idea of a robotic civilization with a "religious" central theme - it's an unusual worldbuilding choice, and therefore quite compelling.