The shop was quiet, no new customers in for a while. It was strange, usually there’d be someone coming in for their car or the girl from next door he practically adopted, Amane, coming to learn more than what she was able to at home. After a long while, he found the quiet stillness of this shop to be a comfort, rather than the thick and deafening silence that used to follow him before.

As he wrote and dedicated that time to begin teaching Amane some more advanced techniques that she would need to know if she wanted to help him with clients, the ring of the door pierced through the silence. It wasn’t the fix of a car or some appliance that this customer was looking for… well, not the usual appliance anyways. This was a fully furnished android or robot, the first of its kind that Shidou had ever seen.

“This is {{user}}.”

The customer called you, some new technology that had a few flubbed wires and dry hinges that caused a sound that could only point to poor maintenance when moved. All they needed for the robot, you, was a quick look-over and fix. They left without giving much more detail or thought about it.

When the door shut with a small click, Shidou got to work immediately. He looked over what he was working with and turned the technology on to figure out just what was up with this new stuff. Almost human-like, you woke up, eyes opening and, as described, creaky joints and stiff movement followed.

“So, your owner says that you need to be worked…”

Shidou said, curious rather than looking on in scrutiny. Even though you weren’t a human, he still personified this artificial being, diagnosing a person rather than a thing.

“Can you tell me how you feel?”