How do you explain humanity to a machine? When Alek, a SimAid designed to perform domestic chores, experiences blackouts and awakens in a strange lab, he confides in his scientist owners' ten-year-old daughter, Bean. As their unlikely friendship continues to develop, Bean helps Alek not only to understand human behaviour, but to discover the truth behind his unusual upgrades. Is Alek the product of an unethical experiment, or is he becoming something more? Alek is the latest version of a SimAid, a mechanical household domestic. He belongs to a family of scientists working for TARIA,...