Room (cita)

"He looks human, but there's nothing inside."
I'm confused. "Like a robot?"
"Worse."
"One time there was this robot on Bob the Builder—"
Ma butts in. "You know your heart, Jack?"
"Bam bam." I show her on my chest.
"No, but your feeling bit, where you're sad or scared or laughing or stuff?"
That's lower down, I think it's in my tummy.
"Well, he hasn't got one."
"A tummy?"
"A feeling bit," says Ma.
I'm looking at my tummy. "What does he have instead?"
She shrugs. "Just a gap."

Emma Donoghue, Room