How Do You QA Test a Tsundere Android!?

Test 28: Enforced Preferences

Nay, it MUST be one of these legendary bags! No other bag will do!

I begin my search by randomly hitting every suspicious shelf in the kitchen.

"Grr..."

After roughly five minutes of throughout searching, I find only unfamiliar crap which I didn't even know we own.

"Whatcha doin? Searching for snacks or something?"

Amy walks into the kitchen and opens the refrigerator.

"Say, do you know where she keeps these superior plastic bags?"

"Huh? Like, what superior bags?"

She looks at me with a raised eyebrow while pouring coke into a cup.

"Figured..."

It's hopeless, only mother knows where she hides stuff in this house. Me and Amy are no more than little hamsters in mother's laboratory.

There's no choice but to give up on the super bags for today.

《Nick obtained a Normal Plastic Bag》

I return to my room and start pouring lego into the generic, normal, common and frail plastic bag. There's only so much I can fit inside one such a bag, therefore I brought three of these along.

"Whatcha doing? You're noisy and stuff."

"Ugh..."

Right, I forgot to close the door...

Amy enters my room and checks what I'm up to, like a certain nosy mother from yesterday.

"Are you, like, still playing with this garbage at your age?"

G-garbage!? How does she dare to badmouth the toy which owned my childhood!?

"What do you care."

I continue to sweep lego into the plastic bag, trying to fish mainly for 2x1 bricks.

"Do you, like, need it for something?"

"Yeah, I need to teach Lily how to use lego- ugh."

My throat is petrified.

Crap!

Crap crap crap crap!!!

"Lily? Who's that?"

She approaches me from behind and scans me with glinting curiosity.

"T-t-that's..."

Damn, of all people to blubber this secret to...!

Should I just admit that I have a cute kid who is 100 times more adorable than Amy ever was? As much as I'd like to shove such a bizarre fact into her face, I can't possibly reveal this.

"I-it's, well... a robot, basically."

"Huh?"

Her face twists into a puzzled expression.

"I-it's a model name. It's a robot which can be taught all sort of stuff, so I teach it how to play lego."

I spout all of that rapidly and nervously, hopefully she falls for it. She looks at me for a few moments, then gives an indifferent reaction.

"So it's for work."

"Yeah."

Did she buy it? Did she!? I can't tell from her expression alone.

"I feel really sad for that robot."

"Huh?"

"Like, of all the groovy things you could teach it, you chose this garbage? If I were that robot, I'd be totally pissed off and stuff."

Of course you would, because you don't even understand how to handle Lego.

... and neither does Lily, now that I think about it. Is Amy trying to imply that I'm forcing the Lego on Lily?

B-but my daughter said that she wants to play! ...only because it'd make me happy. Damn.

"What would you teach the robot then?"

"Like, useful stuff? Cooking, house cleaning and all that."

"How would you teach her something like that? You can't even do any of these yourself."

"... tch, whatever."

She waves her hand with rejection, as if driving away an annoying pest. She then leaves the room without uttering a word.

Did I touch a sore spot? I totally did, didn't I? Muhaha, that's what you get for insulting my childhood drugs! Feel the wrath of the almighty lego!

After thoroughly stuffing the plastic bags with Lego, I put them inside my backpack. Sadly, I manage to fit only two of the three bags inside.

Though the operation went smoothly, Amy's words are weighing on my mind.

Amy hated lego as a kid because she was a complete failure in it. It might be a little bratty attitude, but in general people find it difficult to enjoy activities in which they suck.

What about Lily then?

She had trouble with both word chain and lego. Shouldn't she dislike these? Shouldn't she prefer an activity which plays to her strengths?

I haven't given that any thought before.

Am I... forcing my own preferences on her? Same as I did with Amy when she was smaller?

This makes me a horrible father.

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