The robot stirred, hesitantly rose to its feet and slowly turned to face Wilson; for a moment its screen flashed static, then displayed the Universal Sign for 'Feed Me!'
Wilson proffered a USB-Lightning plug which the android accepted in silence and proceeded to insert into a small slot in its head. W and I looked on with baited breath, and a growing sense of apprehension...
While we waited, Wilson explained that this Robot will be safer than the last one (the deactivated one in his museum – the one that tried to kill Antony) as he has in his possession a USB stick containing Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, which he intends to upload to the robot as soon as it's sufficiently charged.
I just hope that isn't too late – I'm guessing a crazed and vengeful robot could do quite a bit of damage even when only half-charged, but I held my tongue.
After all, there's no point antagonising it...
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