"Protectron," says Roger, on the not-unreasonable assumption that it was the model of robot causing her to stall out. "I'd promised her I'd get her some more help around the house when I got transferred to California, and it came down to a security bot or a butler model. The Mr. Handy wound up being the better buy, even if I did have to tweak that thing's gyros every other week."

He glances over at Veronica. "I've mostly been working on getting something organized in the way of ground forces. You have anyone in particular you think ought to know about this, Scribe?"