It occurred to me only then that perhaps I should have wondered why I had no reflection.

Yeah, I'd assume you show up in mirrors normally. Although I don't think I've seen you in front of a mirror, so I can't be sure.

ILess unsettling, as a village quirk, than the place I passed through years ago with my family, where there were no people to be seen but every house had a homemade scarecrow in the front garden. It still haunts me.

Yeah, that sounds it'd be near the beginning of a horror movie.

I love the limerick!

Theft detected! Robot licking food.

...okay, poison is obviously worse, but a robot drone that can also lick things is definitely creepier.