Daneel stood in the conversation room, when Dr.Jothan Leebig appeared.
"I would like you to come to my estate, or is there a way to get all my robots to your estate. They must be made to move much faster. The masters are not pleased with their speed."
"Faster? Robots are much faster than humans."
"Yes, but the master isn't pleased with them, Dr.Leebig."
"Get them all to my estate. Your Masters stays where he is. Done viewing."
"What's taking so long!"yelled Pietro.
"Dr.Leebig will repair all the robots, Master."said Daneel.
"How soon."
"Immediately. They are being sent to his estate right now."
"They better be!"
"I'm hungry, yo. No flies on this place."
"I believe you are talking about some pests that resided on your planet?"
"Pests? They're my favorite breakfast item."
"I don't believe they reside on Solaria."
"What!"
"That is causing you distress, Master."said R.Daneel. "I must do something to lessen your distress."
"Get me some houseflies, yo."
R.Daneel left the room.
Lance got back that afternoon.
"Is dinner ready?"he asked the robot.
"Yes, Master."
He went to the dining room. He saw that the robots acted differently.
"Why are all these guys moving like their lives depend on it, or something. They weren't so fast yesterday. Or this morning."
"R here send them to be fixed, yo."said Toad, enjoying a plate of grasshoppers.
"They were too slow."said Pietro.
"Now they're too fast!"
"They're perfect."
"Would you slow down!"said Lance. "And I get that myself!"he said.
The robot looked at him.
"I said I'll put the food on the plate myself!"
The robot looked as though it did not understand Lance's words.
"What are you staring at? Get out of my sight!"
The robot moved behind Lance.
"I said get out! Get out of this room! I don't want you in here looking over my shoulder while I eat!"
"The robots must remain in the dining room while the masters dine."said R.Daneel. "In case the masters require anything."
"If I require anything, I'll let you know! Now what I require is to eat without robots staring over my shoulder, and trying to feed me like I was a kid!"
The room began to tremble. The robots left immediately.
"I am sorry that the robots' presence causes you discomfort, Master."said R.Daneel.
"I can do all these things for myself."
"Yeah, and they don't do things right."said Fred.
"I said no onion!"exclaimed Pietro. "Where's the cook! I said where is the cook!"
A robot entered at once.
"Do you require anything, Master?"asked the robot.
"Aren't you supposed to come in as soon as I called you!"
"The Master ordered us out."
"Well, I ordered you back in! Who cooked this?"
"The chef robot, Master."
"Bring him over here!"
The robot entered at once.
"What's this doing in here?"Pietro demanded.
The robot looked at the onions.
"It is waiting to be eaten, Master."
"Do you understand what no onions means!"
"Yes, Master."
"What are the onions doing in my food! I asked for no onions."
"And I asked for no robots!"said Lance.
"I follow the recipe in my memory, Master."
"Get out of here, now! You're really asking for it!"said Lance, as the room began to shake.
Several plates fell to the floor.
"Earthquake!"said Toad, as he hid under the table.
"My dinner!"exclaimed Fred, as it fell on the floor.
"Robots out!"exclaimed R.Daneel. "You are causing the Master a great distress! You are harming him!"
One of the robots suddenly froze. The other hurried out of the room.
"Get that thing out of here!"
Fred grabbed the immobile robot, opened the door where the other ones had disappeared, and threw it. There was a great crash heard. R.Daneel sighed.
"There go two more. That makes for exactly twenty three robots plus the one that shut down, and the ones that it must have hit before landing. It must have frozen because of the great harm it was causing by distressing you, Master. It could not obey the First Law, because its presence was causing you harm. It hadn't been repaired yet to be faster. It was still one of the originals."
"I'm sick of these robots! I can do things for myself! I mean, what's next! Are they going to be scrubbing me in the shower!"said Lance.
"They would if you require it."said R.Daneel.
"Thank goodness I don't have to put with them at work! I prefer the kids!"he said, as he threw down his napkin and left.