β Scribed by Cherie Priest
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A mechanically inclined orphan who lives in the basement of a sanitarium is urged to make new friends. A doddering scientist shares his living space, and he encourages the effort providing all the assistance his weakening mind will permit.
So the orphan makes a friend with the materials that lie immediately at hand. Unfortunately, the resulting automaton would rather cause chaos than keep him company.
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