About This Book
A married couple's domestic life is disrupted when a highly capable android servant speaks blunt observations about appearance and habits, driving the wife away and unnerving the husband. He pursues repairs and trade options at the manufacturer, encounters warranty limits and a recommendation for psychiatric robot care, and weighs selling or reprogramming the machine. The narrative traces escalating miscommunication between human emotions and machine literalness, touching on technological dependence, the social awkwardness of realistic automation, and the unintended consequences that arise when convenience collides with personal sensitivity.
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