[The original memory isn't a long one. It hadn't been a long moment in time. Just something stolen out of their training, when he'd felt it, finally, that connection -- something bigger than yourself. More secure and right than even what the Nest put in his head. It chose him.]
[It decided to allow this, between them, and he'd welcomed it. A choice. Between whatever presence made the Black Lion what it was, and himself.]
[Something to be proud of.]
[And to share -- to good effect, it seems like. Her wonderment is clear, that joy and excitement in her mind. It's infectious. Like the first time he ever took the controls of his own shuttle. Or even just a car. Feeling the way gravity dropped away from you, leaving everything behind. Times when you could settle into freefall without worrying whether or not you could catch yourself again.]
[Those memories, too, he offers her. Racing across desert landscapes, for the most part. A grin in the words he calls out over a remembered wind.]
(Hey -- it gets better. Promise. Until then, plenty of people are here to help you out...)
[He pauses, and then, there's the first time he ever saw the robot. Huge, imposing and regal.] (It's... it's my partner. The Black Lion.)
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[It decided to allow this, between them, and he'd welcomed it. A choice. Between whatever presence made the Black Lion what it was, and himself.]
[Something to be proud of.]
[And to share -- to good effect, it seems like. Her wonderment is clear, that joy and excitement in her mind. It's infectious. Like the first time he ever took the controls of his own shuttle. Or even just a car. Feeling the way gravity dropped away from you, leaving everything behind. Times when you could settle into freefall without worrying whether or not you could catch yourself again.]
[Those memories, too, he offers her. Racing across desert landscapes, for the most part. A grin in the words he calls out over a remembered wind.]
(Hey -- it gets better. Promise. Until then, plenty of people are here to help you out...)
[He pauses, and then, there's the first time he ever saw the robot. Huge, imposing and regal.] (It's... it's my partner. The Black Lion.)