Aidou rolled his eyes, vaguely offended by the insinuation that he was incapable. If he didn’t know better, he would’ve thought the girl was trying to bait him into doing a tedious task for her benefit.

“My abilities are beyond question,” he countered. “I have a genius IQ, you know, and if Landel hadn’t weighted the scales in his advantage so utterly, I would have sent him to a screaming death already. There’s very little I can’t do. But teaching you anything would take time and energy away from our little living situation here. Exactly when do you expect me to de-robotize you?”