[The Drifter was never a child. They were constructed, synthesized, to fight a war they did not, in truth, want to fight. They never learned the necessities of something as simple as childhood; it was a privilege that they were never allowed.]
[They don't mention this, of course. They never do.]
[Still, they do want to make her happy, so they...tentatively draw it close and pat its head, once, twice.]
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[They don't mention this, of course. They never do.]
[Still, they do want to make her happy, so they...tentatively draw it close and pat its head, once, twice.]