The man in front of him, no, male - robot, Steve corrected himself in his mind. When he looked at the hand stretched out to express friendship, truce and cooperation, his expression seemed to be looking at a sharp blade dripping with blood. When he (or it? Steve didn't know if it was a bit disrespectful to think so) also stretched out a hand - when the robot hand grasped it, it looked more like it - now he seemed to be holding the blade with his bare hands, or forcefully.
He thought again of what a man, a male robot, said: "I feel no pain."
Then the being who looked no different from an ordinary male human but was actually a mechanical creature moved the corner of his mouth (the expression was surprisingly full of humanity and a sense of familiarity) and said: "M3000 home-type autonomous mechanical doll, at your service."