Dollbot Cicily
Novelette 17,383 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"I raised my voice as I ordered two burgers and two fries from the Lo-Qual menu, so everyone in line could hear me. The order would come in the burnt orange bag-ofshame that announced to the world that I was too poor to eat off the standard menu (just as the powder blue bag announced you were a Special Boy who ate off the premium menu), so fuck it, I might as well shout it out."
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