Metalheads & Meatheads

Can an android override its programming? An android, Paul, is walking home from work when he's set upon by a gang of adolescent humans, Meatheads, who hunt benign sophonts (sapient androids with superior reasoning capacity) and scoop out their eyes for trophies. Rendered sightless, he's rescued by a passerby, Philip, who then introduces him to another sophont, Sylas. Sylas is different. He was cre...