why i avoid onomatopoeia

the argument: the boy may be a lot of things, but his capacity for silence demonstrates surpassing prudence

mortality and tchotchkes

the argument: we can reasonably assume that the two people have known each other for a very long time but they are surprised at the robot's keen perception; he knows the circumference of the boy

brilliant

the argument: the robot's programming is sufficiently advanced that it can apply its machine-like models of efficiency to everyday interpersonal problems, with uniformly ingenius results

odd pantry venture

the argument: there are those people who are comfortable expressing things they honestly like about the people they know, but we wonder if there are maybe certain moments that are best for that sort of thing

first aspect of the same thing

the argument: we meet the robot and his inscrutable companions, but perhaps we catch them at a bad time