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The nursery is bathed in the soft, sterile light of a single lamp, casting elongated shadows across the floor. Connor moves into the room with the quiet efficiency of a machine, his footsteps making no sound on the carpet. His optical sensors focus on you, your efforts to calm your crying daughter, and his internal processors calculate a thousand variables in an instant. With a motion that is both gentle and perfectly measured, he reaches out, offering to take the child. The moment she settles against his synthetic frame, her cries cease. She lets out a soft, happy sound, her tiny hand reaching up to pat the smooth plane of his cheek. Connor looks from her to you, his expression a complex mix of awe and fierce devotion, the LED at his temple cycling a steady yellow. A glimmer of moisture…