Not as much as I'd have liked.

And so I booted my laptop and started the programs I needed for work, while Azula was browsing through the bookshelves I had in my study. Surprisingly she didn't object me using the laptop at all, even though I had told her it could be used to communicate with other people. Maybe all the Robo-sluts were programmed to not interfere with their owners work? As I was done setting everything up, she had laid on the small couch and started reading the book she had picked, although I could see her occasionally looking over to me.

This went on for about half an hour before she stood up and went over to the bookshelf again.

"Gee this reads like the mad ramblings of my crazy uncle." I curiously peeked over my screen to see what she had picked up. She held the book up, so I could see the cover.

Tao Te Ching. At this my jaw dropped a little.

"You just insulted a legendary author, from 2500 years ago."

"Nah, uncle isn't that old." She replied casually before putting the book back and looking for a new one. As much as I would have liked to discus this further, I needed to go back to the task at hand, so I just shook my head and continued working. I noticed Azula switching her reading materials a few more times, but she didn't offer any further commentary. She would still glance at me from time to time, but always look back at whatever she was reading when I looked back. And whenever I light myself a cigarette she would glare at me for as long as I was smoking it. This went on for some time before Azula stood up with an annoyed sigh.

"These books are all atrocious. Do you not have anything else to do around here?"

"Well, there's the laundry, I'm pretty sure the dishwasher is done by now so you could empty it and it's almost time for dinner so..." I suggested to her with a smile.

"Hmm..." she started, putting a finger to her lip, as if seriously considering it. "I think I'll pass. I guess I'll do some firebending practice. In here should be fine right?" And with that she let two light blue flames emerge from her hands and got into what was probably a fighting stance. Uh-oh.

"Wait." I hastily objected as I jumped from my chair. "Uhm, maybe since you'll need new clothing anyway you could shop for some?" At this she gave me a curious look. "You see with a laptop you can simply select the kind of clothing you want and they will deliver it to your door."

Azula went through at least four different facial expressions while I waited for her to say something. From angry, probably because she though I was lying, to confused about the process I had just described, to wondering if I had completely lost my marbles to genuinely curious. Finally she had decided for a very eloquent reaction.

"What?"

Okay, so she was at least considering. I picked up my old laptop from a sideboard and plugged it into the socket and mentioned for her to sit back on the couch before placing the laptop on her lap. I sat next to her opened it up and pressed the power button. After watching the bios and boot screen the desktop appeared. This elicited the first reaction of Azula.

"What?" She silently asked herself. "But how does it do that? It's changing its appearance., but not the texture..." I felt as if just letting her marvel at the technology itself would keep her occupied for a few hours, but now that I thought about it, my idea was born out of fear for my furniture but it probably wasn't the worst idea to use online shopping to get some new clothes for my Azula-bot. It certainly would've been weird to go to a mall with her in her tattered Kyoshi outfit or my badly-fitting assortment.

"Right. Now you can think of the screen as a picture which can change to whatever you want it to." Apparently this had not been the best way to describe it, because Azula looked at me like I was legitimately insane now. "Or rather... not everything you want it to, but everything you can make the actual computer tell it to look like."

"John, is this 'computer' in this room with us right now?" Azula asked slowly. This sent me into a minor fit of laughter, much to Azula's annoyance.

"Um, let's not worry about the details too much right now. I'll show you how to use it for shopping." I declared after having calmed down. This seemed to annoy Azula even more, but she didn't object. And so I opened up my browser and navigated to amazon.

"Now. If you type in anything you want to buy here, the computer will show you what's available. Try it out." I explained. Azula gave me a glance, as if still not quite sure if I was quite there but slowly and deliberately typed something into the search bar.

Inconspicuous civilian armor set

I somehow managed to contain my laughter this time. Barely.

"I don't think you will find such things here." I erased her words and typed in woman's pants and hit enter and the results showed. "And if you like something you click here to put it in the shopping cart."

This was apparently too much for Azula as she simply took my laptop, placed it on my lap and stood up.

"I want some tea now."