![]() Her owner purchased her to help with running a tea shop, but passed away years before the story takes place. While the creation of robots has been illegal for quite a long time because of the ethical conundrums they present, Sal predates the law, as she is almost three hundred years old. In Seattle is Sal - a robot, which are specifically differentiated from Raises because of their developmental AI that makes them truly sapient. On a whim, she decides to move to Seattle. She doesn’t like settling down in one place, choosing instead to move on frequently, with her only consistent companion her own Raise, a hummingbird called Joanie. Clara Gutierrez is a technician for Raises - small, animal-shaped robotic companions with a limited range of intelligence and emotions. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Cybernetic Tea Shop has been one of my comfort reads for years now, one of those stories I can reread over and over. ![]()
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