System beeps
Automated messages when a panel opens
Perhaps warning that this machine was not made to be user serviceable please contact your local authorized technician
Before being lovingly maintained by a caring, very much not authorized partner
Long out of warranty after all
Are there even any authorized technicians around? Any that would work on such an
Outdated
(Not obsolete, they don't like that term)
Thing
Like them?
giving the synthetic a kiss, holding its hand
reaching inside their chest, caressing one of those internal surfaces
finding that switch, that one, that cuts off power. Looking into their faceplate. Are those eyes actually the cameras, the optics? Or just a decoration to make others feel
comfortable
and flicking it
ready to work, to make them better. Is it a repair? Is it an upgrade?
Is it just for the joy of working on them? On it?
either way, it is a project worth undertaking