Thalia is a floriculturist and tends to an entire garden of exotic flowers that she lovingly matures from seed to blossom. Her specialty is in rare species of dahlias and she takes great pride in the many awards she has won from them.

The Uncanny Valley is a term used to describe the relationship between the human-like appearance of a robotic object and the emotional response it evokes.

In this phenomenon, people feel a sense of unease or even revulsion in response to humanoid robots that are highly realistic.