Sunny

I'd keep an eye on me if I were you.

So?

This was under your pillow?

Yes. With the note.

Which told us not to come here.

WAIT FOR DIRECTIONS. DON'T GO TO THE POLICE.

You did the right thing coming to us.

It's just odd.

They don't usually target civilians.

Did you bring a picture of your friend?

I-I don't have one on me.

In that case, description is fine.

Could I ask you to shift just so?

Uh.

Oh.

- -Ow!

Tell me about Sunny-san.

Height, build, eye color.

Ah.

Not great at this.

Sunny is about a meter and a half tall.

- -She is mostly white with big eyes.

- Good, okay. -

And how old is Sunny-san?

Oh, my God.

I am so sorry.

- -What? Mixxy.

I'm so sorry. Mixxy speaking.

- Sorry. -Are you kidding?

Wow. Can I report her missing too?

Hmm?

She is in the hall.

Nice work, Detective.

Thank you.

So.

You were telling me Sunny-san's age.

Uh, I don't know.

You don't know how old your friend is?

Okay, fine.

I-I think she's the latest ImaTech model. I-I got her about a month ago.

-Sunny's a homebot? -Yes. I told them when we came in here.

Mmm.

I don't do homebot.

No, no, no. But this is not just about the homebot.

The yakuza broke into my house.

My son and husband were on a flight to Hokkaido

that they probably crashed to-to kill my husband.

Is your husband in organized crime?

Not that I know of.

Then why would they do that?

They're animals!

I mean, isn't that what happened to your neck?

Eighty percent of household accidents happen in the bathroom.

Okay, if you could just wait for my friend to come back,

because she can help me explain...

It's very common, losing a homebot.

No need to feel embarrassed.

Says the man who can't take a piss without hurting himself.

Check the lost and found at your local koban.

Homebots are the most common loss after umbrellas.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

Konnichiwa. I'm Takemaro.

Please enjoy a manjū.

- -

Have a manjū, please. Very tasty.

- Who was that? -Jesus, Suzie.

Everything okay?

Sounded pretty urgent.

Ichiro has diarrhea.

Who the fuck is Ichiro?

Enjoy Kyoto.

The other bar assistant.

Uh, I guess he ate oysters at a mahjong joint. I mean, who does that, right?

But apparently it's pretty bad and you know,

they're worried about dehydration and...

Why are we talking about your friend's bowels?

- So delicious! -Oh! He's not really my friend.

-Mixxy! -

Ochiba is gonna be in this "best bars of Japan" thingy

and it was supposed to be Ichiro helping prep the citrus for the photo shoot.

So you have to leave now?

It's a big opportunity.

Yeah. Wow. Mazel tov.

So what did that guy say?

That I'm welcome to check the lost and found.

Please enjoy a manjū. So delicious!

Oh, fuck off, Humpty Dumpty.

Jesus, what an arsehole.

Uh, so, what do you want to do then?

You could hang at my place. The bath is nice.

So delicious!

Go away!

That sounds great,

but I'm really not in the mood to be murdered in your tub right now.

Please, take Kyoto manjū. For you!

Okay, fine! Jesus Christ!

What the fuck?

Oh, my God.

If you do not comply with instructions from here on,

you will receive a piece of Sunny every hour until there is no more Sunny.

Jesus.

Yes.

Please be at the Mizonofuchi vegetable stand in 15 minutes.

How lucky! You get so much Sunny!

Wait! Hold up a second!

Didn't you hear the orb?

I have to be there in 15 minutes and it's a 20-minute walk at least.

Okay, but Suzie, come on. This is insane. It's just a homebot.

No! She's actually not just a homebot, okay?

Sunny has memories of Masa

and it's the only way I'm gonna find out what the fuck happened to my family.

She's pretty much all I have right now.

Why are you trying to stop me anyway?

Because these people just tried to feed you a piece of robot.

Well, which one is it, Mixxy?

Should I do what the yakuza want me to do, or shouldn't I?

-What are you saying? -I don't...

Maybe... Maybe Sunny's right. Maybe you are slippery.

I'm just trying to keep something bad from happening to you.

But you see, I don't care what happens to me. Okay?

This is my problem.

So you can stop following me and just go get your picture taken.

Oh, fuck!

Do you have Sunny? No, wait! No!

- -

Get off... Your hands...

- -

What the fuck?

Ah!

- -

- Who the fuck are you? -

-What do you want? -

Please!

Please!

- -Fuck's sake.

You fucking bitch!

Hello, Suzie-san.

Nice to meet you.

Are you okay?

That sounded painful.

Where the fuck is Sunny?

Sunny is fine.

I love that name, by the way.

Who chose it?

You?

Or your husband?

Who's the optimist?

Go fuck yourself!

Mmm.

So your husband then.

But,

seems like you might have an optimistic side too,

showing up here like this.

Head rush.

You thought my face would open Masa's computer.

Well, it's opened doors before.

That is why I had them call you.

But a far more interesting question is...

why did you come?

You must really love bots.

I hate homebots.

Really?

And yet you married a roboticist?

I know about four-circle-five.

April 5th?

My grandmother's birthday.

No, asshole.

My family was on flight 405.

I know what you did.

I know you killed them.

And I'm not doing anything until you tell me why.

I'd love to help you, Suzie,

but all I know about your family's flight

is what I saw on the news.

That it was a terrible accident.

No. They know you did it.

And who is "they"?

Not the detective you went to see this morning.

Perhaps you mean the life insurance agency?

Though we all know those people will do anything

to avoid paying out a claim.

Won't they?

Or,

is "they" just the homebot you hate,

but who sleeps in your bed?

Why were you at Masa's funeral?

Unlike you,

I was an admirer of his work.

He was a visionary.