We Are Robots

Here is an excerpt from this morning’s conversation.

Marshall: I want Mommy.
Daddy: Mommy has gone to another country. She’s in the Internet.
Marshall: But I can see her!
Mommy (in a robot voice): I am not Mommy. I am a robot.
Marshall (in a robot voice): I am a robot.
Mommy (still in robot voice): He is eating. Robots do not eat. He is an impostor.
Marshall (still in robot voice): I am an eating robot. I eat Cheerios. I play. I send people to their rooms.
Livia (from the bathroom, in a robot voice): I am a robot. I go potty.