A familiar concept but you write it in a really fun way! Always love a good robot horror story and you do it justice here. Fantastic work!

I'm a big narc about name dropping the theme the these stories but I'm also biased toward robot horror so this story definitely came out ahead. Great premise, great idea, great execution, literally. Loved it.

The sudden emotion at the end feels a little inexplicable, but there's a good core here! It reads as something like lecture vs lab, studying vs experience, that could really be expanded on.

the idea is familiar, but still neat. i do think the piece is more philosophical than scientific, and a bit direct in how it handles the emotion, but the irony of the ending works. solid concept.

It's too bad Alexander couldn't experience joy before suffering. Well written for such a short piece!

That was really fun, perhaps a little foreseeable with the way you said "surely dead. Surely." but generally enjoyable and a great addition to the jam!

Really interesting story with a strong philosophical core. I liked the irony of Alexander finally experiencing real emotion only at the moment he faced death. The ending was simple but very effective.