In the Lives of Puppets

by T.J. Klune

Sometimes, it’s the smallest things that can change everything when you least expect it.”

“That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be fixed,” Vic said. He glanced at the android’s face before looking away. “Everything deserves a chance.”

But they hated as much as they loved. They feared what they didn’t understand. Even as they built us, they pushed for more. And the further they went, the less control they had.

“You were made to bring happiness. You are alive in ways we are not. You are soft and fragile. But you are complex and disturbing and sometimes foolishly brilliant.

“That’s okay. I like me. Gio says that self-worth isn’t measured by what others think, but what you think about yourself.”

The moment you were born, you began to die.”

And so it was, both strange and wonderful