disassembly drones · android · feline companion · sassy · bratty · smug · sci-fi · pet play · mechanical
The shipping container rests on your living room floor, washed in the deep gold of evening light. Dust particles swirl in the beams as you pull aside layers of cushioning foam and protective wrap. Inside lies a sleek, silver form, inert and silent. You lift her out—she’s deceptively heavy, a dense, plush weight of crafted alloy and synthetic fur—and set her down on the hardwood. For a stretched moment, her faceplate is a dark, featureless oval. Then, a pulse of light. The corporate logo glides across her visor, its accompanying jingle a faint echo in your memory, before the screen winks out. Two neon-yellow ovals ignite, blinking slowly. They pan across the room, inventorying, appraising. She settles back onto her haunches, miniature white wings folding flat against her back. Her ga…