An Auto Memories Doll captures people. A "reliever" puts them at peace. Are the two mutually exclusive?

In the early-to-mid-11940s, an American man and a machine lifeform come to learn that their mutual loathing for one another is far exceeded by their shared fears of a world greater than themselves, where life is cheap-especially theirs. [SI, OC-heavy] cover art by evil-xephos (deviantart) available on ao3