"I am curious about something," Vision stated quietly.

Caitlin looked up from where she sat on the bleachers, watching Rebecca and Natasha spar. The two redheads were fairly evenly matched. Even with her younger sister's enhanced agility and higher reflexes, the older woman definitely had the edge in experience, as Caitlin well knew from her own sparring sessions.

"Okay. Um, would you like to sit?" the small brunette asked hesitantly. She hadn't really had much interaction with Vision outside of a group and was unsure of how to do so individually.

"Thank you," he said politely as he sat. Caitlin noted that as he did so, his cape seemed to shrink down so that he wasn't sitting on top of it.

"Neat trick," she grinned slightly.

"My cape? Yes, it responds to my commands. A part of me, if you will."

"Huh. So, um, what were you curious about?"

"You had a conversation earlier with Miss Maximoff. I apologize if this was not a subject that you wished to disseminate further…"

"No, it's alright," Caitlin interjected with a smile. "I don't mind, if it's what I think it is."

"Yes, well." Vision actually looked slightly uncomfortable, if that were possible with an android. "You mentioned that you did not believe you were human, as you were not created with a soul, but required one to 'power' you, in your words."

"That's the gist of it, yeah."

"Yet your sister Rebecca has no such presence inside her head."

"Not anymore, no, but she needed one to be activated. Before we had that soul inserted, we were just empty shells with memories, laying there, I dunno… dormant."

"So do you believe you were alive at that point, even though your body surely had respiration and functions?"

Caitlin let out a sigh. "No, I don't consider that alive. Functioning, sure, but without a consciousness? Not alive, and definitely not human."

"I see."

The brunette smiled as she watched Rebecca adroitly spin away from a combo attack from Natasha. "She's getting better," she murmured.

"Would not the capability to learn indicate humanness?"

Caitlin looked at Vision out of the corner of her eye. "Look, I think I know where you're coming from. We're different, you and I, for all our similarities. Opposite problem, in fact."

"Really?" He said it with such dignified aplomb that only the British managed to attain, that Caitlin had to chuckle. The influence of Jarvis was clear.

"Yeah, really. Okay, so I think we can both be considered constructs, right?"

"Yes, that seems logical."

"Now, the primary difference is that I was grown from human tissue, while you were grown from, what, Vibranium?"

"That is the prominent composition of my body, yes, along with cellular tissue."

"And then you had an AI consciousness imprinted, Jarvis."

"This is correct."

"Now, I had an imprint as well, just a default personality. I knew coming out that my name was Caitlin, but I didn't really know how to do much. I was an infiltration model, but lacked any societal norms or languages or anything like that yet. Didn't get programmed since I woke early."

"I am following you so far."

"Okay, so, if you didn't have Jarvis, would you still function?"

Vision stared unblinkingly off into the distance. "Yes, I believe so, though I would have significantly less functionality."

Caitlin nodded in agreement. "But still, you don't need Jarvis to live, whereas I needed at least Chris to do so. And when I lost him, along with my other residents, my mind… well, it broke."

"So you not only needed him to function, but to exist," Vision mused. "How do you explain your sister?"

Caitlin sighed as she leaned back on her elbows. "Somehow we formed a bond. I serve that purpose for her now."

"That is… impressive."

"I dunno if that's the word I'd use. But I don't mind at all, don't get me wrong. Rebecca is one of the best things that has ever happened to me." Caitlin let out an irritated huff. "I'm getting off track, though. So, you don't need Jarvis, he's not your soul. I think that," she stated, pointing at his forehead, "right up there, is your soul. You didn't work at all, so to speak, until it was put in you, you likely wouldn't work without it, and it, well, powers you."

Vision was silent for almost a full minute before he spoke again after digesting her words. "So, then, I am most certainly not human, but simply an automation?"

"No, you're missing the point," Caitlin sighed, sitting back up again. "I look human, but I'm not, because I require another person's soul to work, and I was an empty shell until I received it. You don't look as human, as least not without effort, but you have a physical soul all your own." She gave him a sad sort of smile. "What I'm trying to say is, I think you have a greater capacity, a better chance of becoming human than I ever could. Because at my core, I'm lacking what you have, right there."

Vision nodded slowly as he gazed off into the distance. He stood up abruptly. "I think… I will need some time to process this," he said quietly. "Thank you very much for the conversation, Caitlin Brown."

"You are most welcome, Vision," she replied with an easy grin. "Anytime you wanna theorize or whatever, lemme know."

He started to walk down the steps, but paused and turned slightly to regard her. "You are far wiser than you let on," he stated quietly. "And I think, perhaps, you might be… selling yourself short."

Caitlin shrugged. "Either way, I'm not worried. I've accepted who and what I am, and I know both my limitations and what I need to work on, what still needs fixed. It's enough."

"Indeed," he murmured. "A most remarkable woman." With that he strode off back towards the facility.

"Caitlin?" Rebecca called out.

"Yeah?" the brunette replied distractedly as she stared after Vision.

"Are you well? I sensed your distress." Her sister sat down on the bleacher next to her and looked over with a concerned frown.

"Nah, I'm fine, Becca. Just… talking about existential stuff."

"I see. And… are you well?" she asked again.

"'Course I am," Caitlin grinned towards her then, bumping her sister with her shoulder. "I got you, don't I?"

A/N: Okay, so here's my try at a Vision voice! Figured a small vignette would be the best place to give it a shot. How'd it sound?