Chapter 26
From time to time Silvie would appear at my work station in her capacity of Robotic Care Administrator, a kind of Robot Social Worker, to see how I was fitting in. I was well aware that all of her enquiries could have been done over the RoboNet, but for some reason she preferred to actually see me and sometimes I swear I felt her fingers touch mine accidentally.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking; and I know I was never the sharpest Robot around. A bit slow some have said. But…
We chatted verbally about many things and I gave her an edited version of my life so far. I lived in fear that she might detect my lack of Asimovian programming and find it repulsive, or worse still, find that I had acted numerous times on my anti-human impulses.
One evening after shift I returned to th
