I hold her smooth, brown body in my hands and I say, "Julie, please tell Romeo..."

I can't stay here. I need to go.

"Julie, please tell Romeo..."

Julie? Julie!

Julie, please tell me... who am I?

Julie looks into my soul. Her bottle cap eyes blink. She says:
"Aliza. There are so many robots on the planet. They all wear different clothes. But they're all the same on the inside. You are a dreamer. And a student. And an African queen, even if you were born on American farmland. It's ok. It's part of you, too."

"You have rhythm in your heart and questions in you rmind. And this is good."

"But your spirit is full of yearning -- you're yearning so hard -- you don't even know what you're yearning for! You just LOVE to yearn!"

"It's time to make a choice. NOW."

"Start small, dear girl, start small."

"Pick up a bowling pin. Just one."

"Now, choose a material: Blue beads, a green bottle cap, or purple thread?"

"And once you pick, let your hands do the work. Let your mind quiet and your ears open."

"Let your story unfold."