Son in pieces, part 1

A few days ago, MINIMCOM discovered his son had been cut up into pieces. Normally, that would destroy a mechanism or even a computer but MINIMCOM and his son were the ultimate in distributed intelligence. Each element of their makeup was an autonomous unit and their intelligence goes on, even if the physical pieces are not in contact with each other. So Junior wasn't dead but that doesn't mean they could let the situation stand:

     The all-black livetar raced out of the room and bounded down the steps, three steps at a time. When he got near the bottom, he leaped and landed on the floor with a thud. He raced outside then stopped short. He looked around but could find no evidence of his son anywhere. Based upon Junior’s signal lag, he couldn’t be far. MINIMCOM darted around the side of the house and back to the field where his starship body lie. He didn’t stop there, though. He continued past to the odd mound that was covered with the metallic mesh. Running on instinct alone, the livetar pulled the edge of the netting aside. If he had a heart, it would have sunk. There, beneath the mesh, was a pile of huge black chunks and silver rubble. In no way did it resemble anything like the sleek starship that had been his son.
     “This is you, son, right?” MINIMCOM asked out loud.
     “Yes, Dad,” his son replied internally.
     Rei, Rome and Bonnie came down the stairway and outside, just in time to see the livetar sink to his knees, falling forward into the wreckage of his son. Seeing a livetar grieve was a novel experience for Rei. He wasn’t sure how to broach the subject. He came up alongside MINIMCOM and put his hand on the livetar’s shoulder. “Can’t you just repair him?” he asked.
     MINIMCOM’s livetar turned to look up at Rei then back toward the rubble. For a moment, it appeared as if he was frozen, then his algorithmic nature kicked in. He lifted his hand, finger pointing upward.
     “Of course!” he said firmly. “Please help me take this mesh netting and spread it out,” the livetar commanded.
     Rei grabbed one end and MINIMCOM grabbed the other. Rome came over to help as well, as did Bonnie. They spread the netting across the field until it was flat and smooth. With a whoosh and a pop, MINIMCOM’s livetar disappeared.
     “Where’d you go?” Rei asked mentally.
     “You will see,” the starship replied.

I had another Transformers dream. You'll see that tomorrow.