Larry frowned. "What do you do when it rains?"
"We go indoors," the Permanent said.
"Look! I think it's starting to rain now!" Larry pointed at the bright, cloudless sky. "There'll be a terrible thunderstorm any minute!"
"The robonurses should be here, then."
"Yes!" Larry said. "Where are they? Why aren't they here?"
"They'll be here," the Permanent said blandly.
"I don't think so. I don't think they're coming. They're going to let you get wet."
The Permanent shrugged. "They wouldn't do that," he said.
"Of course not," a new voice said.
Larry glanced up, startled. The copper-alloy face of a robonurse looked down at him. He goggled confusedly.