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Paul was glad he was an android, for had he been human, he would have needed to sleep and, during that sleep, he would probably have dreamed – something that he didn’t much like the idea of. He had seen humans dreaming and sometimes those dreams were what they called nightmares. When that happened they would often wake up suddenly, in a disorientated and distressed state, not knowing where they were or what was happening. His new extreme emotions were proving difficult enough to control – he could do without the nightmares that humans occasionally suffered.
The sophont was also fascinated by his new enhanced sense of humour, the experience of finding something really funny being completely beyond his expectations. It was an extremely pleasant sensation. Indeed, on one occasion he had f
