When the mess was burned to nothing but ashes, I walked over and hit the start button on the robot vacuum I’d bought, glancing down to make sure there were no stray blood droplets on the floor. My old robot vacuum had taken it upon itself to autorun, only a hellbound mortal had still been in the room, dripping blood, and I had been out grabbing some breakfast. The results had been… unfortunate. It had dragged blood across the entire floor, including the carpet, which was of course ruined. That robot vacuum might have accidentally met a fiery death for its poorly timed decision, but the newer
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