[Truth be told, this is roughly the point in time where the Drifter starts to lose his thread of discussion. His enthusiasm is enough to hold their interest for the time being, but many of the specifics elude them. Buddy cops, whoever they are, are a team. They are partners. They look after one another.]
[Their sprite is equipment. It is non-sentient, and does not count as a partner so much as it does a tool. Their fellow drifter...they had operated too far apart to count as anything beyond what they were, and what they were was uncertain. Ren is a child, and should not bear such responsibilities. Guzma has responsibilities they dare not intrude upon, guardianship of the Luna child.]
[So what does that leave them?]
[You know when two people are partners?]
[In theory, yes.]
you can
[That is, after all, what they set out to do. But...that is not exactly true, is it? So they must amend:]
no subject
[Their sprite is equipment. It is non-sentient, and does not count as a partner so much as it does a tool. Their fellow drifter...they had operated too far apart to count as anything beyond what they were, and what they were was uncertain. Ren is a child, and should not bear such responsibilities. Guzma has responsibilities they dare not intrude upon, guardianship of the Luna child.]
[So what does that leave them?]
[You know when two people are partners?]
[In theory, yes.]
you can
[That is, after all, what they set out to do. But...that is not exactly true, is it? So they must amend:]
would not succeed alone