Spec sheet

Abilities & quirks

Rivet is not the strongest or fastest robot in Robits. He is, however, the one you'd call at 2 a.m. when something you love stops working.

Abilities

Master repair

If it has (or once had) a plug, Rivet can fix it. Toasters, toys, CRT monitors, hearts (metaphorical). Success rate: "yes, eventually." His secret is patience and a complete refusal to declare anything dead.

Floppy-disk memory

Perfect recall of anything he's bothered to save — and he saves everything. Birthdays, favorite snacks, the exact pitch of your laugh. Retrieval time: 30 seconds plus the walk to the shoebox.

POST-beep morale

His morning boot announcement — "I AM NOT DEAD" — has a measurable effect on workshop morale. Capacitor once measured it. The meter broke from happiness. (Rivet fixed the meter.)

Rivet-counting

He can inventory his own 214 rivets by touch in under a minute. Party trick. He is very proud. You will be asked to time him.

Quirks

QUIRK_01 > Cannot throw anything away. His pockets contain: 3 screws, a fuse, a button, and "a feeling."

QUIRK_02 > Narrates his own boot sequence out loud, every morning, including the boring parts.

QUIRK_03 > Whirs happily when complimented. The whir has three settings. You have heard setting one. Setting three is for birthdays.

QUIRK_04 > Refers to naps as "defragging." Refers to snacks as "installing updates." Refers to you as "user," affectionately.

Limitations (he insists these are features)

Limitation	Rivet's explanation
Top speed: brisk waddle	"Speed is for delivery drivers. I am for staying."
Cannot use the cloud	"The cloud is just someone else's computer."
16-color emotional palette	"They are good colors. You will learn to love dithering."
Cries at working dot-matrix printers	"You would too if you understood."

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