Kage: *after a long moment of silence* ...........I'm sorry, Deckard. I'm sorry for my actuons when we first met, and the situation I forced you into. ...And I'm truly sorry for your loss. I wish I would have had a chance to know Little Boss as the rest of you did. *voice is quiet, but the words and grief sincere.*

Deckard: .........I'm sorry too. What happened to you never should have. We'd been sent after a rogue warmachine, or so we'd been told. At the time, it had still only been me, McCrane, Power Joe, and Dumpson. We had no idea there were other Super AIs out there. We hadn't been told the truth about you, and we didn't know yet about Shadowmaru. Not until that robotics convention. Saejima-sama and Toudou-san had been worried about what it would do to us if we knew. In a sense...they were right. *finally looks up* I'm so sorry you were treated as you were, including by me and my team. *pauses, drawing a cycle of air - glances at Zero, then refocuses on Kage* I know why your Super AI sparked when it did. It's /because/ you're a Super AI, one derived from /mine/. You and I are linked in that respect. We all are. And linked to Yuuta who made all of us possible. When your Super AI sparked, mine did too. Everyone's did. That was the moment that...t-that Yuuta...died...

Kage: *was going to say he'd not really given the BP any reason to doubt what they'd been told, but the last about Yuuta makes him stop, just staring at Deckard.* .........I wish I could have known him.

Zero: *glances at Kage. Interesting...*

Karaf: *curled up nearby, watching and listening* ........You robots are fascinating people.

Deckard:   *softly*  I wish you could have too. *glances at Karaf and…looks away, expression unreadable*