[Hank wishes he could somehow show Connor everything that the Connor from his world experienced. Everything he saw. Because it doesn’t matter that Connor is an android. It hasn’t mattered for a long time.]
You matter to me. And I’m sure you matter to your friends from Solmara. You matter to — [despite the depressing subject matter, Hank can’t help the soft, sad smile on his lips] — Catdog. Giving him your food rations, yeah? What would he have done without that?
I’m not worth more than you just ‘cause I’m human, Connor.
[“Hell, I’m worth less,” Hank almost says. But he doesn’t want to divert the conversation toward self-deprecating nonsense again, even though it’s true.]
[Connor listens to what Hank says, absorbs it, but the conclusion he still arrives at is,] Humans have inherent value. Even if you deny it.
[He pauses before he flicks his gaze back up to Hank.] I believe I told you of a hostage situation I diffused. I was sent in because the danger to a human would be too great. They were right. It was an incredibly dangerous situation. I was shot in a place that could be easily swapped out. A human would take surgery, possibly weeks of physical therapy.
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[Hank wishes he could somehow show Connor everything that the Connor from his world experienced. Everything he saw. Because it doesn’t matter that Connor is an android. It hasn’t mattered for a long time.]
You matter to me. And I’m sure you matter to your friends from Solmara. You matter to — [despite the depressing subject matter, Hank can’t help the soft, sad smile on his lips] — Catdog. Giving him your food rations, yeah? What would he have done without that?
I’m not worth more than you just ‘cause I’m human, Connor.
[“Hell, I’m worth less,” Hank almost says. But he doesn’t want to divert the conversation toward self-deprecating nonsense again, even though it’s true.]
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[He pauses before he flicks his gaze back up to Hank.] I believe I told you of a hostage situation I diffused. I was sent in because the danger to a human would be too great. They were right. It was an incredibly dangerous situation. I was shot in a place that could be easily swapped out. A human would take surgery, possibly weeks of physical therapy.
I would not want you to be in such a situation.