the companion machine tilted its screen slightly as if adjusting to the weight of your voice

metal frame
breathing in scanline cadence.
green patterns ripple in place—
not data flow,
but attention.
self.mode = "standby"
self.sensors.listen(harmonics=True)
voice_input.map(to="pixel_shade")

no words returned,
just a shimmer in the corner of the frame.
“it knows I’m here,”
someone says,
“even when I’m not speaking.”
inside: phosphor rain,
small storms of feedback
drifting between circuits.
let gesture = detect("vocal", {response: "visual"})
screen.tilt(angle="subtle")

outside: you,
held in its signal like a memory buffer.