“Um, I don’t want to spoil the moment, but I’ll be needing more lubricant soon.”
“Oh, not now. Are you serious? Didn’t you check it before we started?”
“Yes, but I wasn’t expecting to be going at it for over 30 minutes.”
“Well, it’s your own fault. You shouldn’t be so good at what you do.”
“The average time usage for this model M is less than 10 minutes.”
“What about your driver? What’s her average?”
“Who says I’m a she?”
“Point taken. You know, you’re not increasing your chances for getting a tip this evening.”
“All right. All right. I am a she. And I do appreciate tips, so be a dear and fill my lubricant port, yes?”
Mikl reaches into a bedside table and squirts the contents of a tube into the required input valve.
“There you go. Need anything else while we’re taking a break?”
“Nope, everything else is registering A-OK.”
“So you didn’t answer my question. What’s the average time usage for your driver?”
“Under 10 minutes, usually. Slam. Bam. Thank you, ma’am. And it’s on to the next bot. But before you get carried away, you remember we have no obligation to tell the truth, right?”
“I remember. It’s part of the disclaimer every time there’s an upgrade. Out of curiosity, how many other bots have you driven tonight before mine?”
“14.”
“Wow. You’ve been doing this for a couple of hours already. And all of them got about 10 minutes each. What’s so special about me?”
“First of all, they only involved startup. Then, I put the bot into auto mode.”
“So why do I get special treatment? Are you afraid the next version won’t require a driver to get started and you want to line up some clients for custom jobs?”
“You should know we’re not allowed to have our own clients. No, you talked to me as a lover, not a bot. Most guys don’t do that. It makes it enjoyable. More than a way to earn money.”
“Are you saying you’re enjoying the sex, too? Isn’t your job more technical and you’re not supposed to get emotionally involved?”
“Haven’t you heard some of us are using our own lovebots at the same time as running yours?”
“I thought that was against the rules. But I can see where it could be better than VR, what with the advances in bot technology. And now when I think about it… Wow, it’s such a turn-on. But hold on… If you’re my bot’s driver, who’s your bot’s driver?”
“Romo’s on auto mode. You worried about some kind of weird 5-way?”
“Sort of… I guess. You named yours Romo?”
“Yeah, like a robot Romeo. Romo. You haven’t named yours?”
“I’ve just been calling mine my ‘girl’, but if yours is Romo, I’ll name mine… Julibot.”
“Haha. Perfect! Romo and Julibot!”
They both lose track of the time and continue for another 45 minutes.
“Oh, my God. That was…”
“Amazing.”
“We need to do this again.”
“Oh… Sorry, I have a big meeting tomorrow, early. I have to attend.”
“Oh, no! I meant in a day or two.”
“You know that’s against protocol.”