Going Fishing

“Dad, why are we going fishing? Water’s scary.”

“For a long time, people have fished to eat. But also, because it’s fun.”

“But dad, we’re just throwing the fish back.”

“Yes, but it’s still fun.”

“But we don’t have to eat, because we’re robots.”

“True.”

“So why is it fun for us?”

“The same reason why we take newly-made robots and adopt them into robot families – we’re programmed to be human-like.”

“Why?”

“The humans wanted us that way. And only they can change the programming.”

“And so the programming can never change now?”

“Yes.”

“Because all the humans are dead.”