I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.
I think that's nice, and if I could have feelings at all I would have them for Deb.
But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.
I nodded with genuine synthetic sympathy.
Perhaps because I'll never be one, humans are interesting to me.
That's why I liked him, I think. Another guy pretending to be human, just like me.