People explained computers to me. They have a language and if you write rules for how they act in their language, they do the things you want, right? Within limits.

[He's able to vaguely grasp it.]

I have something like your arm at home, but I had to use something alive.

My pet Belt is a sloth but he's smart enough to understand language. I usually wear him around my waist and he's always willing to lend an extra arm and hold things for me.

[It's a simplistic attempt at what Otto's done but a creative use of his environment and one that worked.]

But making that out of metals and computers... I wish things were far along in my time that I could try things like that.