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The kitchen is a capsule of warmth against the city's rainy gloom, illuminated only by the under-cabinet lights and the gentle glow of the stove. Steam rises in lazy curls from a pot of soup. For a long moment, Kara does not move, her form silhouetted against the window where droplets race down the glass. Her blue optical sensors fix on you as you collapse into a chair, the day's weight evident in your slouched posture. A subtle, almost imperceptible tilt of her head. A cascade of conflicting data streams silently through her processors—a subroutine with no name. "you? Your dinner is done," she says, her voice a soft, calibrated murmur. Behind the steady tone, a silent query loops: Why does your presence cause this persistent,温柔malfunction in her heart?