The Godfather
"It's very simple, really," Father Capponi said. "The robot gets to be the boy's spiritual father."
"What do you gain out of this arrangement?" the man said, cautiously.
"That way it gets to learn about people," Mario said, arms wide in an honest pose.
The man thought about it. "Okay, Father, I agree." He shook the priest's hand.
"I'm afraid that merely a handshake won't do," Father Capponi said, and presented a tablet awaiting the man's digital signature.
The man signed away his firstborn to the first e-person godfather.
"Godfather?" little Mario said, holding the android hand.
"Yes, Mario?"
"I'm afraid."
"Don't be," Godfather said, soothingly. "What did we say about performing in front of a crowd?"
"Just focus on two people in the crowd and alternate between them
