My robot

The narrator recalls a childhood companion robot that provided stories, lessons, and comfort and that shaped loyalties while provoking guilt after episodes of destructive anger. Domestic life is organized around the father’s secretive work to produce more machines for a government project, a pursuit that brings professional pride but also sharp arguments as the mother objects to the moral and practical risks. The piece moves between memory and family conflict, exploring attachment to technology, the consequences of obedience, and uneasy remorse about how machines are used.