Two threw her arms around his waist, burying her face in his chest, her eyeforms screwed shut as she hugged him with all of her might.

"Gah! Eve, you'll squeeze the life out of me!" he laughed, "What's gotten into you?"

What had gotten into her? She burrowed into his embrace, his sleek metal, his strong arms, the lilt of his accent, the swell of his electrical signature ‒ everything about him felt like home. She cast around for words to explain... but there were none. She held on with all her might.