Her second surprise was to find a human attendant behind the reception counter.

The solitary human attendant was lying down at the end of the room, eyes closed.

Heikki winced, but hoped that meant there were no human attendants.

A human attendant was just outside the section.

"Might a medical examination be desirable, or, if you prefer, a consultation with your human attendant?"

The human attendant looks bored out of her mind.

All human attendants were also keeping themselves at a distance from the leaders.

"All human attendants will return to their quarters," Corpus commanded.

Some devices require a human attendant to introduce the message, but many are fully automated.

It only struck her then that in none of the shops on the waterfront had she seen human attendants.