Best Friend Forever* (*battery life may vary)

In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do.
In Ron's Gone Wrong, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “AI‑friendship economy”. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing friendship, technology, surveillance, corporate.