Atom shook his head. "Nah, that's okay. I understand." Even on his world, plenty of people didn't trust robots. Humans distrusted their increased strength, their heightened calculation speed... even their work ethic. After all, robots didn't call in sick when they weren't, and they didn't get tired. Plenty of workers suspected that robots would take over their jobs or somehow weaken humanity by making things too easy.

He had just had to get used to that. Besides, even among the people who hated robots the most, opinion seemed to be changing. "What are you doing here all by yourself?"