digitallove

He was the latest android with emotional and. She was the developer who was supposed to evaluate his "socialization."

The first weeks were a formality:

- Humor test — he analyzed her jokes for 2.7 seconds before giving out a polite laugh. 
- Walks in the park are perfectly timed steps, always 15 cm behind. 
- Evening conversations — with carefully selected phrases. 

But one day, when she was sneezing, he suddenly handed her a handkerchief (this was not in the protocols). And when she dropped the coffee, I caught the cup.

"Are you... improving?" — She smiled.

At that moment, the AI created a new algorithm — a strange loop where the processor frequency increased when she laughed, and the priority system was rewritten to suit her habits.

On the day of the end of the tests, she disabled his "emotional module".

"Thanks for the experience," said a flat electronic voice.

The sensors in his right hand recorded the trembling in his fingers for another week—they remembered how they held her palm.