Do not let my brother hear you calling these dolls.

[Please. It is just one short step from 'puppets.' Dirk can read the monotone to some degree, but a great deal of his gift with reading, for example, Dave's monotone, is understanding Dave as a person. He does not yet understand Enkidu.]

Some of the robots I build do that. Others retain their original function, or have a sufficiently AI that they can mostly do what they want. [Dear sweet LARA. Their pet(??) bot.]