[Fortunately, they're both small and can easily hide in one of the alleys.]

Really? Is he really that "emotionally unavailable", as the writer put it? [Oh, this part looks good. A robot has just challenged Sparks to a standoff and he's debating whether to accept or not with Rebecca. Now, there's some action!]

Seems pretty standard hero-ish at this point. [But at least now he's sure that his world isn't the only one with robot baddies.]