Which two phrases in the excerpt help the reader understand the meaning of the word careening?
excerpt from Rogue Heart
by Axie Oh
Stepping from the embrace, she smoothly extracts the broom from my grip. "No more of this. Take it easy until closing. I'll set the
bots to roam." She slips through the beaded curtain to the kitchen, presumable to hang up her apron and apply a sweep of
cherry gloss across her lips. A few minutes later, I'm met with the steady drone of the dust bots as they awaken and shift
listlessly through the curtain. They're old models, mid-twenty-second century, that Ting Ting bought at a junk auction last fall and
restored by watching instructional videos on the Net. One bumps into my toe before careening off into a cake stand. We usually
don't take them out. Ting Ting's parents, Ms. Chen and Auntie, are traditionalists and prefer lowTech amenities. Still, it's a
constant war these days against the dust that sweeps across the city limits, piling worst in dead ends and cul-de-sacs, like the
one that shelters The Alchemy of Dreams.