Another cute robot story. It’s set generations after robots became self-aware and humans let them walk into the wilderness rather than continue to enslave them, and also after the small number of remaining humans have decided to minimize their footprint on the earth rather than continue to destroy it. In that time, a tea monk named Dex (they/them) finds themself unsatisfied with life, goes literally off the beaten path, and meets a robot named Mosscap who has decided its mission is to figure out what humans want. Since this is also what Dex is trying to figure out, the two go off on an odd-couple journey through the wilderness, having philosophical discussions along the way. Quiet, thoughtful, and adorable.
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