the first of men

"i miss my wife, tails."

“How can I assure you of that without lying, my love? Every part of me has been constructed by the Almighty. All I know is that my feelings for you are different than they ever had been for Lillith. But why would they be any less true, no matter the circumstance?”

“why would our creator’s programming be anything less than genuine? where the feelings come from doesn’t matter as much as the actual feelings.”

“I love you. I need you to know that. Now and forever, I do. I love you.”

“my presence was requested.”

“he was. we’re awful listeners.”

“you can be wrong. it’s okay. steve is great.”

“eve, what are you saying?” he steps forward, reaching out to take her hands. “you can’t just say something like that and not explain, love. what’s happened?”