I love this hun... keep it up !!!

Sweet.

Beautiful as always. I would have done the same if I had the equipment. Of course this makes me curious as to how organic-synthetic relations are like in your story!

They tend to not get more than friend and/or guardian. They consider the other to be too different to form anything more "interesting" than that for the most part, mainly considering that the inorganics live a lot longer and thus investing a lot more into a relationship between the two types may not end well (one dies, the other is alone). In theory the personalities could go together well, but the contrast between lifespans tend to get in the way otherwise. Both types then tend to keep to themselves for deeper interactions. If it were possible to greatly expand the lifespans of organic life, well, there would likely be much more communication and interaction between the two.

When he was still performing his original duties, he had many friendly encounters with the people he helped protect, but it never got deeper than that. People were nice to him and he was nice to the people, but he didn't really have anyone he could call a friend at the time. On the other hand, she was eventually driven to interact with someone to aid in a repair she couldn't reach herself and did manage to form a rather strong friendship with that individual. Bonds can be strong, but there is hesitance from both sides as they both know that one will die much sooner than the other and leave the other behind.

As far as they know, they're the only ones of their kind, so finding one another was pretty important to the both of them and likely for similar reasons.

Yeah, I was thinking that I'd definitely want to be his friend, but I suppose I could understand hesitation or the lack of anything blossoming beyond fairly simple friendship with that lifespan issue. I'd try to pursue something approaching -best- friends, but then if they completely outlived me that would certainly take an emotional toll on them if they saw me as someone they could grow fond of.

In my story, my androids haven't been around enough to have much experience with seeing organic users die yet. I suppose that's one of the most difficult aspects for me to explore. Death still frightens me terribly, as well as losing people very very close to me. Perhaps the key is in learning to value the time we have, so there are no regrets. I suppose it's also possible that guardian/companion androids could choose to deactivate or archive themselves upon the loss of their closest organic partner.

Both of them have been around for ~200 years, plenty long enough to see people come and go in life. It eventually is a matter of simply enjoying the time you have rather than worrying about afterward, crossing that bridge when you come to it. They do certainly have their lives in their own hands and are free to do with it as they will, and what they do will vary by the individual. Maybe some would be too bonded to an organic partner or friend to outlive them, or maybe another would see their job as a companion or guardian to be important enough to warrant fulfilling that role with others. Who knows?

I like the latter, an android so filled with love that they will continue to find others that need them and have intimate relationships with them, even knowing that their companions will eventually die. It's definitely a warmer view of a bleak inevitability. With what you said about enjoying the time you have, I'd still try to be friends with creatures that I know would outlive me simply for being fascinated with them. :)

Time is something you can't get returned to you if spent unwisely. To then spend it lamenting about what is to come rather than enjoy what you have and whom you are sharing it with, regardless of how they exist, is a waste. We have little control over what goes on around us-- what drives life and what it contains, but we have nothing but control over the time we have been granted.

She will rebuild him, she has the technology!