[He looks a little kicked when she shakes the frame. When she's digging into her boxes, he reaches out with his tentacles and takes the almost robo-dog from her to put it in his lap, petting it like it could feel it while he looks over her doodled projects.]

You could patent these guys and sell them as toys...but if you didn't want to put in that kind of work, you could just make them for fun.

[Damn it, even her handwriting is cute. And she's great at drawing, too. How did he find someone so talented by chance?]