There's no condemnation, no rebuke. Adia sighs and wipes her eyes with the back of her hand. She wishes she could stop taking things so personally.

I'm sorry to hear you have something similar on your world. What is the Nexus doing about the Free-Bots?

They weren't organic to begin with, when they left the colonies they were made of metal. There still are ones like that, actually, they're called Centurions. Nobody knows how they were able to develop bodies that were just like humans. I've heard the theory that they received help from an alien race but there's no evidence for that.

Back to the matter at hand. Adia swallows hard and takes a moment to compose herself before typing again.

When he found out that he was a robot, he ended his life. He ended up downloading into a new body, but at the time, he thought -- we all thought -- that what he did was final.

I know it sounds silly, but I want to know if he's okay.