The Shadow of Her Royal Highness the Princess

I am 001, the latest butler robot. My mistress asked me to call her "Your Highness." She said: "You are the only one who is not afraid of me." She said, "If only you were a real person." I am a machine. I have no feelings, no desires, no missing, no heartache. My hugs are algorithmically generated and my body temperature is maintained by heating elements. In this world, I am her only shadow.