Everything I Am (challenge: Unorthodox Pairings)
"Now all out war is our only option," the Seer proclaimed to her companion, sprawled in the dewy grass of near dawn.
"Perhaps," he answered evasively.
Toby looked at the android. "Is it your programming that will not allow you to admit I'm right?"
Erek shook his head. "Weariness makes me disagree with you, Toby, millennia of war and death."
The strange Chee smile appeared.
"You mustn't resent my programming."
"I was born a war general. I've never known peace," replied Toby. "It turns you against everything I am."
"No," he said gently. "It makes me adore everything you are."