Derec and Ariel are stranded in Robot City and suddenly some robot have shown traits that haven't been seen in robots before. A structure appears in Robot City which appears to be art, and created by a robot. Another robot is attempting to become a comedian. Other robots are making intuitive leaps in other areas. Derec seeing what is happening puts on a play, which will have an all robot audience and a cast of himself, Ariel and robots.

Lucias is the robot who builds circuit breaker, when Derec finds him an ebony robot named Canute is arguing with Lucias about whether it is within the parameters of robots to be responsible for the creation of such things or not. Canute makes the point that there is something wrong with Lucias, and the structure should be taken down and Lucias deactivated. Derec gives a direct order to save the structure, and meets with Lucias the next day. He also meets with Harry, Benny and M334 who have developed beyond the normal robot.

The story is very interesting, Cover gives his flavor to the series by adding Shakespeare to the plot.