126 Hus-Bot

Lila

It was eerie to watch it happen. She'd only ever seen him in that cold, emotionless place after he'd already slipped into it. But as they sat at the table and his panic passed, she realized she was watching it overcome him. He went from shaking and frantic, to fidgety and distracted, to cold and calculating… in seconds. It was as if something possessed him. It was terrifying. And when he looked at her after the transformation was complete, there was something missing in his eyes.

She squeezed his hand and tried to hold his gaze, but he'd already turned back to Chris and started asking questions about pieces of technology she knew nothing about. 

He could have been talking about the weather, or an accounting problem for all the emotion in his tone. She stared at him trying to understand how her husband, the man who'd just been shaking and pleading with her, had become this… robot.