Lucio and Reinhardt were unhappy with their assignment. The cold was bitter, how Angela had managed so long in such weather Reinhardt had no idea. The "daylight" time of the winter twilight had started, and everything was a murky, dark grey with what little light was possible.

Reinhardt was silently watching when Lucio startled him by calling out into the darkness.

"It's alright, you can come on out"

Reinhardt breathed in as he saw the behemoth come out of the woods. It had been totally silent, camouflaged against the forest with the layer of detritus it had accumulated. It whistled low and approached carefully like a dog worried that its master was angry.

"There's no trouble," Lucio said, and Reinhardt watched with wide eyes as Lucio strode forward fearlessly and placed his hand on its flank. "Just friends here"

"It was so close, and yet you didn't tell Angela?" Reinhardt muttered.

"I had no idea they was so close" Lucio replied.

"You should be more careful, it could've been under that freaks control"

"If they was, you and me would be grease spots" Lucio answered calmly. "In fact, everyone in the house would be dead"

The omnic gave a low moan. Lucio couldn't tell if it was protest or confirmation, but either way, he felt sorry for it.

"Why don't you ask us to get into the things head?" Reinhardt pressed on. "So we can get the anti-Anubis programme"

"They, not it" Lucio replied slightly impatiently. "And I have, but the last time someone was able to get into the coding it put the entirety of the Omnic population at risk"

"Ah. Ja" Reinhardt muttered. "That would distance you" He took a step back as the Omnic gave him a look.

"They can sense your feelings toward Them" Lucio explained. "In a way, they can tell what you're thinking"

"I've never been so close to one without it and me trying to kill the other" Reinhardt explained. The Omnic immediately backed up as Reinhardt said that, and seemed to adopt an aggressive stance.

"Why would you say that?" Lucio hissed. "Don't scare the big robot with tank treads!"

"I used to quite often" Reinhardt replied. "It's… hard to be this close to one"

The Omnic clearly thought of it the same way. They kept a very close eye on Reinhardt, and Reinhardt wondered if they were probing his thoughts. Trying to make him angrier, or perhaps calm him down. A tank that could make people lie down in front of its treads in apathy. It didn't matter how docile it appeared to be, Reinhardt could not feel any compassion for it. And they likewise could not feel for Reinhardt.

"Please Reinhardt, we cannot push them away if we want access to there coding" Lucio told him.

"I'll continue on then, I'm sorry Lucio. But I can't relax near them"

Lucio watched as Reinhardt trudged away through the snow, and turned to the Omnic with a fatherly hand on its flank.

"I'm sorry. I know you're not like that, but I don't think you can blame him when he's probably seen his friends die"

The Omnic gave a low whistle.

"He seems to be okay around Zen, I don't think it's a prejudice against all Omnics, if that makes it any better"

They were silent, and Lucio sighed.

"Listen, I know you don't trust us all, and he doesn't help. But this attitude is starting to get old. Did the other Omnic promise you that your programming would be put up to better use? Is that it? A very close friend of mine was almost killed by One, it was that or be used like you were and still you resist!"

The Omnic moved back, and Lucio gritted his teeth.

"Look, I'm sorry. But right now, everything is screwed up. We intend to capture the Omnic, but after that we will be returning to what we came for because overwise 11 million of the world's population are hostages"

The Omnic didn't respond. Lucio turned away.

"Look, you got to know that this is the only way. If things keep going like this then" he turned back and saw it retreating back into the trees. For a moment, Lucio was stunned.

"Oh," he finally said. "I thought you cared"