The Bonding With the Robot

I think that makes a lot of sense to me as you go into it thinking there is going to be some bonding. But I got to put it in the appropriate category of how big a deal is it if something happens to this entity? For you, does the question of the soul or the consciousness of the internal state matter here and if so, how much? You know, there's... I jokingly say that I'm a solipsist because at some point, if you are paying attention to your own existence and doubting your ability to actually verify information around you, you wind up saying a lot of things are true, but hedging it with, I might find out later it