from Cinder Selection Test

reprogramming Iko's personality

replacing her old foot with a new one

building a new android for Chang Sacha

improving her relations with her neighbors

telling when other people lie

programming androids

repairing machines

ballroom dancing

figure out how to keep screaming girls away

figure out what is wrong with his android

help him track down rare items

help him learn android repair

what many people feel when soothing music plays

what many people feel when eating a favorite treat

what many people feel at the sight of a serious injury

what many people feel at the end of a satisfying project

It is very expensive.

It is important to everyone.

It has many complicated moving parts.

It has special emotional meaning to someone.

An art student is amazed by her favorite artist's new piece.

An astronomer struggles to remember the name of a constellation.

A concert attendee is disappointed by a major singer's performance.

A student struggles to pay attention in class during a loud thunderstorm.

because having mechanical parts is not legal

because she is embarrassed about her mechanical parts

because others might try to steal her mechanical parts if they find out

because people who know about her mechanical parts treat her poorly

With a yank of the last wire, her foot clattered to the concrete.

She was glad to have routine tasks for her hands and routine questions for her mouth-- something to focus on so she wouldn't get flustered and lose control of her brain's net connection again.

She was sure she'd go mad if all the market shopkeepers looked at her with the same disdain as Chang Sacha did.

"It's a huge improvement over the old one, only lightly used, and the wiring looks compatible as is. Plus, I was able to get the dealer down to just 600 univs."

Sacha met Cinder's gaze, knotted her lips, then grabbed her son by the arm and spun away.

"I can't get her to turn on," said Prince Kai, watching as Cinder examined the robot.

Leaning forward, Prince Kai picked up Cinder's small metal foot from the workable, turning it curiously over in his palms.

"I do not have a programming error!" said Iko from behind her.

She is anxious and mistrustful.

She is enthusiastic and funny.

She is wild and irresponsible.

She is serious and formal.

"Nguyen-shifu? I don't compute."

"Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I'm overheating."

"You have a grease splotch."

"I'm sure he hardly noticed."