Daily story, February 20, 2025

They had replaced Kendra with a robot. Not to save money: they just didn’t want her around. So every morning, she put on her sleek white costume and light-up mask, and set off for the office before anyone arrived, and pocketed a support fee that was somehow higher than her old salary. It was hard, staying roboticall silent around colleagues he liked. But her manager was so much nicer to her than he used to be.