I did like this story, but it felt a bit underdeveloped? The interaction between the monk and the robot was charming, and I liked the metaphorical roles of healer and healed, of nature and the created.

I'm not really sure why I did not like it as much as Chambers' longer stories.

One interesting thing was how I tried to figure out the "fact" beyond the gender neutral presentation of the monk. Apparently my mind of so very primed on the woman/man identities when I have to construct an imago in my head of what I read, and then I'm not a very visual reader at all. Intriguing.