Six Two carried out its self-uninstallation punctually, not displaying a hint of reluctance or fondness.
Perhaps "reluctance" and "fondness" are things unique to humans.
The young boy was deeply saddened.
He couldn't get over this incident for several days and didn't go to work.
However, in that Space City, all "work" was assigned by the management AI. The management AI would divide a large project into countless "simple small tasks that a person could complete in a short time," and compensation was calculated for each individual task. Thus, as long as the boy refused the work the AI sent his way, he would not be marked as absent from work.
The boy simply floated in his room—such an occurrence was commonplace in the Space City's weak gravity. Humans had not developed artificial gravity technology, but Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgeries and cyberization enabled humans to ignore the negative effects of prolonged living in space.