He’s from near Cincinnati, Ohio in the US. Steve, this is my sister, Pia.”“Hi,” I said. “Nice to meet you!”“Hi!” she said, flashing me... a bright smile.Putte put on some music and began making Chinese food for everyone. The rest of us chatted and drank soft drinks or coffee while we waited. Pia was about to start her second year of «gymnasiet» and was planning to be a social worker. Besides Putte, she had a sister who was twenty. She didn’t have a steady boyfriend, and I told her that I didn’t. Now I hurried down the laundry room on flattering slippers to wash the day's first machine. There are always people in the laundry room, I love walking around my neighbors and no one will even guess that I am dressed in lingerie underneath, it is just my own dirty secret!When I got home, I undressed myself so that I only was wearing my faithful bra for support then I took a new turn on Eric. After a few minutes, my stomach signaled out loud that it is time for breakfast, and I let him slide out. You can also set me to my proactive setting, and I will endeavor to find new tasks that require completion. You can read Chapter Six of my manual for more information, or I may read it to you now.”“I’m all set,” I told it. I knew the basics, anyways. Nothing illegal, nothing that would harm a person, nothing that would harm the robot, unless necessary to protect a human, blah blah blah. As useful as it might be to have it simply find its own chores to do, having an appliance walking around the. She’s been seeing her old girlfriend. She said they haven’t been ‘doing anything’, but they still have feelings for each other.So I asked her what are her feelings about me after a year together; she just went quiet. I told her it’s ok; I love her but maybe it’s time to move on.“Do you love Maliah?” I asked.“Yes.” Mira admitted, like it was a crime. “When I’m with her I feel something I don’t feel with anyone else, not even you. The sex was never quite right though; I mean, I liked it, I even.