#dbh eric

Markus was wandering around Jericho, he had finally found it and was now looking for Lucy like Simon had told him to do. He saw many androids, some broken, some who had already shut down and some who were walking around, hoping for a better future.

Markus scanned the abandoned ship in the hope to find Lucy, but he found another android who seemed to be comforting an other who was shutting down. He made his way over, slowly as not to startle the two. Markus remained silent, listening to the black haired android.

"Its going to be okay dear" the black haired android spoke with a soft tone in his voice, holding the female android's hand, rubbing his tumb over her knuckles. "Just, close your eyes and everything will be fine. You need to rest." He continued, urging the other to close her eyes and let go. He knew there wasn't any hope left for her as there was no way they could repair the amount of damage that has been caused to her.

Markus saw how much the female android trusted the male android, as she nodded with a small smile and did what she was told. Her LED who was first a screaming bright red, slowly died down until it was completely out. She had shut down.

"Why did you lie to her?" Markus found himself asking, getting closer to the black haired android. "You knew she wasn't going to make it and you told her it was going to be okay, why?"

The black haired android let go of the hand he was still holding and turned to face Markus. "Sometimes," he began, again with such a gentle and calm tone of voice "Its better to tell a white lie that makes people feel better, then tell them the harsh truth that will only cause stress." He stood up, looking back at the female android one last time before fixing all his attention to Markus. "I knew she wasn't going to make it, she knew she wasn't going to make it." A sigh escaped him, "So making her feel better was the best I could do." He gave a small sad smile.

Markus his expression softened, he understood now. All the other wanted to do was make sure she wouldn't shut down feeling stressed. His eyes wandered from the shut down android to the blue eyes of the android standing infront of him. "Who are you?" Markus then asked, needing to know his name.

"My name is Eric, I'm an AK300 model." Eric told him, appearing to be scanning the mismatched eyed android standing infront of him. "And you're markus, you made quite the fall to get here." The smile never faded from his face.

"How did you-" Markus began to ask but he was soon cut off by Eric.

"Simon told me," Eric simply explained "He also told me you're looking for Lucy." Eric came a little closer and pointed towards a corner with a barrel which was on fire. "She is over there, I suggest going to her unless you want to lose more thirium." He patted Markus his shoulder and watched the android go.