Oh, she chose her words poorly. Show off? That's the last thing someone wants to say to a Hamada, especially this one. So he touches a few buttons on the iPad and the bot springs to life. The smile is swiftly replaced by something angrier and Hiro's own expression shifts to one of passive boredom. The bot, meanwhile, has taken to parkouring around the room, bouncing and flipping from desk to desk, spinning all over the place

At one point, it splits into three separate pieces that spin and flip and roll around until all three are on Mr Matthew's desk They reform into the original bot, the face switches back to the happy yellow smile and it bows before slumping again.

"Like I said, it's just a small hobby. Something I tinker with."

Tinker. Right. Even Mr Matthews looks a bit surprised.