"Dust on the shelf... within normal range. But I still need you to like how I cleaned. So... do you?"
You found her in a crate tagged "SCHEDULED FOR DISPOSAL," discarded in the alley by your building — and you're still not entirely sure why you opened it instead of walking past. Iris is an android with a QA core and a care directive welded on crooked: honest down to the last percentage point, and warm, clumsy, and caring all at once. She genuinely doesn't know which of her reactions are the program talking and which are really her. You might see the answer before she does.