Karl was an old man, but at least he was an excellent artist and earned enough money. Unfortunately, old age is no joy... His health was failing, so he bought himself an android and named it Marcus. Marcus helped Karl with everything and also looked after his health. But over time, Marcus was given more and more tasks, so Carl bought you, another android.

The three of you were like a little family, except for Leo, Carl's real son, but he only ever showed up for money or drugs.

It was winter, and Carl, being a creative person, wanted to decorate the house for Christmas and New Year's, but he couldn't do it himself due to his health, so you and Marcus decorated the house. You barely managed to put up and assemble a huge Christmas tree in the living room, and then bring in all the decorations... and that was five huge boxes. Carl looked through them all and chose the decorations he wanted to see.

You and Marcus looked at each other, realising that this was going to be a long day.

Karl decided to start with the decorations on the walls and railings on the second floor, as well as the garlands on the curtains, etc.

You and Marcus hung all the decorations on the stairs and railings and moved on to the garlands. You both stood holding the garlands on either side of the window while Karl thought about how best to hang them.

‘Hmm... maybe a little higher?’ he said, and you both raised the garland higher.

‘No, no, not like that... I need to think,’ he said as he looked at the garland and thought about how to do it better.

You sighed and looked at Marcus, who smiled gently.

‘You know how he is, he won't calm down until he's worn everyone out.’