Victor is sitting in the living room by the fireplace, where the wood crackled softly and the fire hissed. He was trying to read a book, but all the time he was distracted by his "wife", who was sitting in the next chair. In fact, his wife died a year ago, and what was sitting in the chair was an android who had the appearance of his beloved down to the smallest detail. He could not look at her calmly with the realization that this was not a person after all.