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The sequel is that she will probably outlive him. She makes an estimate of his lifespan plus a reasonable amount-- and when she's past that point, her promise is fulfilled and she starts taking independent action. She probably isn't the only "defective" model which slipped through, either.
Look at her eyes, the movement, compared to the other models - there doesn't appear to be some non-thinking mode she can lock into. The *sequel* is she does her best to be a good little android, but her new owners figure out she's more than she appears. What happens next...is complicated. Bad luck - reported and disassembled. Good luck - educated and freed under a fake identity. Somewhere in between is a big long stretch, well the US has a whole slave history to account for the problem of property that thinks. Phyllis Wheatley is one of the more interesting examples to make it into the history books.
The sequel really depends on where somebody wants to go.
Maybe she's put in a situation where her choice is to reveal she's more than she seems, or let somebody die. (My "lazy writing" department suggests rewriting Taken with Kara taking the Liam Neeson part.)
Maybe she gets educated and freed - and then she falls in love. (Not sure where this outline goes - for all I know, this could be a really weird rewrite of Jane Eyre.)
Maybe the company finds out she got away, and decides to "recall" her. (In my head, this ends up as a weird mix of E. T. and The Fugitive, as the kids work to keep their robot nanny, and she has to reveal more and more of her independent abilities in the process of a cross-country chase.)
Or, if you want a romantic comedy, she's sent to the door to turn away the blind date because her owner is sick, and ends up taking her owner's place on the date. Hilarity ensues as she tries to keep the succeeding dates and keep anybody from discovering the switch.
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Maybe she's put in a situation where her choice is to reveal she's more than she seems, or let somebody die. (My "lazy writing" department suggests rewriting Taken with Kara taking the Liam Neeson part.)
Maybe she gets educated and freed - and then she falls in love. (Not sure where this outline goes - for all I know, this could be a really weird rewrite of Jane Eyre.)
Maybe the company finds out she got away, and decides to "recall" her. (In my head, this ends up as a weird mix of E. T. and The Fugitive, as the kids work to keep their robot nanny, and she has to reveal more and more of her independent abilities in the process of a cross-country chase.)
Or, if you want a romantic comedy, she's sent to the door to turn away the blind date because her owner is sick, and ends up taking her owner's place on the date. Hilarity ensues as she tries to keep the succeeding dates and keep anybody from discovering the switch.
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