Though she is unreliable, what the Queen said to me was that part of us had been taken. That that part could be our memories was an idea of my own. "We Are All Completely Made Up" is straightforward enough.

A vacation. That does seem to imply that she does not intend to keep us here indefinitely, yet she also says she needs us here. But again, she is unreliable.

Not precisely a pet. Faremis is the first robot I trained. I have been studying it, and I gave it a name to distinguish it from the other robots. It appears intent on remaining with me, though I am not sure why. It saw me destroy many of its comrades before I realized there was no need to destroy them.