In the tenth year since the "meta-emotional mirroring system" was put into operation, the urban sadness index dropped by 62%. The official report announced this "epoch-making achievement" with rigorous data. People are accustomed to ordering a "mirror image" (a bionic robot) after a loss, and are accustomed to continuing to live with these near-perfect partners, children, or parents.
Historian Lin Yuan once firmly believed that emotion is the last unautomatable bastion of civilization. Until that day, when it rained heavily, he was forced to sign for the "mirror image" that belonged to his late wife.
The cage fell silently from then on...
