"That would be helpful. Thank you." He knows how to take care of his palisman, but that isn't quite the same. Unfortunately, he doesn't have much experience with toys in general either. Or robots.

His mouth works a moment as he searches for an answer. He looks at the robot in his hands and wonders if it can hear them, if it can feel itself being handled, if it is conscious at all. Is it really suffering or is it just a doll with as much awareness as a toaster?

"I don't know," he says finally. "Do you...ever regret being created?"