Theo leaned back in his chair. He looked around the workshop: the broken toaster, the vintage radio with the cracked dial, the three-legged chair his neighbor had thrown out. All of it waiting for hands that knew what to do.
For a long moment, nothing. Then text crawled across the screen in pale green. repurposed emma hix
CURRENT FUNCTION: REPAIRING BROKEN THINGS. OUTCOME: A CHILD SMILED. ALIGNMENT: COMPLETE. Theo leaned back in his chair