He’d expected torture. He hadn’t expected surgery. - Ian Tregillis

The grotesque machine reassembled its head. The medical servitor stood, emitted a burst of ticktock cog chatter, then flung itself into the massacre with the fervor of a religious zealot.

We’ve drawn attention to ourselves with our obsessive need to stay inconspicuous.

If you're going to insist on giving perfectly logical and reasonable answers to stupid questions," she said, "you may put a dent in my delusions of genius.