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[obeir]

[ Martin's answer makes K fall silent, almost taken aback, but not out of any sense of disapproval this time. Love? He's intrigued, despite himself. ]

How do you know it's love? [ He asks at length, his tone openly curious. For better or worse, this is a little less about Martin's relationship with the Archivist and more of a robot-learning-how-to-person query. ]

[lonelynotforsaken]

Jon's... special.

[A long pause.]

In more than just the... standard ways. Something really bad happened to me. He rescued me from it, knowing he was probably going to die doing what he did, knowing I might be lost already. And the way he got me out... He showed me how he sees me. I've never- I didn't think I could ever make anyone feel like that.

It's love.

[obeir]

[ So Sims is capable of genuinely caring about Martin... And K almost says as much aloud before catching himself. A courtesy that has more to do with the pack instincts — he doesn't want to cause an omega any distress — than anything else, at this point. ]

I'm... glad you have each other, then. [ It's only difficult to express because Sims is one half of this equation. And what he follows it up with is even harder. ] I realise I didn't have the best introduction, learning about him through what he did to Arid. But since they've agreed to move past that... Maybe I should give him a chance, too.

[ And he will, eventually, during that brief shining period before the Archivist thoroughly and utterly destroys relations with the synthetics of Deerington. ]

[lonelynotforsaken]

[Martin's soft smile widens.]

I'd really appreciate that. We both would. I promise he's not- He does a lot of stupid and impulsive things, especially when he's scared. But he's so much more than that. He's really clever and brave and stubborn and cute and...

[He trails off, biting his lip, but still smiling as he looks down.]

And he's mine now. So that's... pretty amazing. Even without being mates.