Prontiús Flontahulaholiocht was sad.

‘You know something FZB3158, my time blindness and insecurity have ruined every relationship I’ve ever had’, he said, ‘The pathetic truth is that you’re the closest thing I’ve ever had to a friend. And you’re just a mechanical device.’

‘Bleep’, replied the machine.

‘I thought things might have been different this time’, continued Prontiús. ‘I mean, how could she walk away from a spacerocket many light years from home? But she did. And here I am. Rejected again. Alone again.’

‘Bleep’, repeated the robot.

‘Wait, my mistake, she went to the toilet.’

‘Bleep’, noted the robot.