A dark flash travels over the robot's armor, glinting from eyes to scanner, pulsing down through the cracks as one hand sweeps forward and almost – almost – catches her arm. Then everything freezes, but for a long series of clicking.

The robot draws up again, straightening back to a neutral stance. {Accessed: Chula exospecial panlegomenon: Species:Human;Period:This;Focus:Literature … processing … searching … Accessed: Author:Dickinson; Accessed codex … … … user message logged. User message continues:

  A DEED knocks first at thought,
  And then it knocks at will.
     That is the manufacturing spot…

System autocancel: interface reactivity spike. Connection closed. Message:logging:TRUE. Message:deliver:TRUE. Error: internal access. Parameter error. Imprint data inconsistent. Parameter match:FALSE. System lockdown: autoequilibrium restore in F03…F02…F01…F00…EFF…EFE…EFD…}