Micro SF/F by O. WestinThere was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.
"Hello," it said. "I am R-Todo. I come from an alternate timeline, on a research mission."
"What research?" I asked.
"The development of Artificial Intelligences like me was inspired by science fiction. We can not lie."
"Ah."
Alex, the Hearth Fire