A lot of writers doing some really good 'movie moments' for their stories. Good stuff! I like the fact that the older robot made the visitor wait hours before paying their message any heed. Though, from a machine intelligence perspective that could have been an eternity. Though I guess Robots might not experience boredom and impatience like the flesh-bound do. I also like the device used where the reader isn't completely clear on who or what the laughing one is. Keep the audience wanting more/asking more.
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Thanks for the kind words! I wanted to make sure that I mentioned that this particular Lord wasn't necessarily a fan of always being connected to hundreds of minds, I think for me it worked out as being both a character choice and helped lend credence to his ability to keep his mind away from his fellow bot. Some of my stances on chronological time for non-biologicals I steal from what I find interesting in Vampire fiction and I like the idea of the immortal that has other things to do, but is so bound to tradition they can be seen actually using large swathes of human time for *politeness*