+”I don’t think I felt anything during most of my missions. I.. had objectives that I followed.. and regarded feelings as unhelpful..

It was only recently that I felt care and compassion for the first time. It was strangely… painful.”

But beautiful.

A small chuckle escaped her at the fact that his ears caught her at this exact moment, making this into a common occurrence.

“That you think I could have a soul honors me.

But…”
She turned her head.+

Looking down at her shoes…

“…the soles?…”

+ but I thank you for it…”

“I think that sounds logical…”

She now hugged the other back, maybe it was the word instinct she heard of.

Her voice still had the tone of a soldier underlying, but was cracking with something softer as she spoke.

“Your sudden act of affection at my sadness was not necessary…
+

She froze at the sudden hug.
Why did it have a feeling of warmth attached to it?

A light blush settled over the skin hiding her inner wires, her words in addition moved something in 2B. It made the corners of her eyes water, yet the ends of her lips were turning into a small smile.+

“Oh, I see. What do you have in your museum?”

She hasn’t seen one that wasn’t in ruins.

“I’m 2B, of the Yorha unit. I’m a battle model and I serve to fight for mankind.”

“That is…
A good way to say it…

I have felt those kind of rebellions deep inside of me but I always made sure to follow my orders regardless.

So it’s like I thought, I don’t have a soul.”

“..correct..”

A lot of information for her to process.

“Spirit of fire..
That sounds fundamentally different to something like me.. an android.

And the gods truly exist? Are they as powerful as the human scriptures say?”

+and she has come to give the benefit of the doubt more often.

Her tone remained stern, like that of a soldier. She wasn’t gonna drop her guard now.

“Are you an enemy entity? Are you planning to harm mankind?”

There was a sensation…
One unknown.

There was tension, stress.. fear?
There was no telling if he was foe or not, the words and actions didn’t align.

By the look he gave she wanted to fight, but by his words, she thought she shouldn’t.

There was only one way to find out+

She took a seat next to him, looking at the scenery, feeling quite nice with it.

“I never considered to just sit under a tree.”

A chuckle.

+I’m 2B of the Yorha unit.
We are sworn to return glory to mankind.

You are the first person I see after I’ve walked through miles of nothingness, and I think you could even be the first human I ever have the honor of meeting.”

“Mhm.”

She nodded her head like receiving a command, ready to follow behind him.

+back down to him. What did she want to know besides everything?

But there was something at the top of her head.

“I’ve always wanted a human to describe emotions to me.”