"And since they can't work anymore, they just toss the whole person in. You're lucky we saved you."

It was a good lesson. He must remain useful and not lose any more body parts, or the rest of him would be turned into sausage too. He realised he didn't want to be a sausage.

He wasn't supposed to want things.

He looked up -- for somehow as he had been thinking he had looked down -- to see if the handler had noticed his wanting. The handler was laughing and looking at the tech on the other side of room. It was unlikely either had seen.