
"I can't decide if this is murder or some kind of product liability issue. I don't know if she's a perp, or if she's just ..."
"A defective product," Lalitha finished. "What's the bot saying?"
"She keeps saying she murdered her owner. And she keeps asking for a lawyer. Do I have to give her one?"
On the whole I think I’d prefer it if Paolo Bacigalupi kept his abused sexbot fetish to himself.