“I spent a long time searching,” he said, rubbing his thumb over the back of Lara’s hand, “for my purpose. My programming. All of us were made for a reason.” He chuckled. “It’s not a reason I would have guessed…but it doesn’t matter anymore. I found what I was looking for before Newton told me any of that. “It was you, Lara. You’re my purpose, you’re my reason for carrying on, the reason I haven’t sat down in an abandoned building and never stood up again. I don’t think I’m selfish, normally, but I need you. I just found you, and I don’t think I can go any further without you.”
