[Cassian falls silent for a long moment, eventually breaking eye contact with Bodhi to look away, his jaw still clenched. This is- It's more than he knows what to do with. Rescuing Kay had never seemed like a possibility. At best he could salvage any undamaged data and try to rebuild him, but with so much of Kay's personality and existence hinging on accidental errors and glitches that had happened during the reprogramming, it was unlikely Cassian would ever be able to perfectly recreate the series of fortunate mistakes that had led to the creation of his best friend.
But Kay being there as a human makes even less sense than him as a robot, and was far more difficult to verify. Everything Kay was still came down to data. Data anyone could have gotten ahold of and be using to try and get something from them. What, he doesn't know, but it's suspicious and difficult to imagine an alternative. How and why? Was it even possible to put an inorganic mind in an organic body? He had nearly done the opposite, so perhaps-
He pulls his blaster from the holster at his hip and offers it to Bodhi, finally meeting his eyes again.]
I'll meet him, but you need to keep this away from me.
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But Kay being there as a human makes even less sense than him as a robot, and was far more difficult to verify. Everything Kay was still came down to data. Data anyone could have gotten ahold of and be using to try and get something from them. What, he doesn't know, but it's suspicious and difficult to imagine an alternative. How and why? Was it even possible to put an inorganic mind in an organic body? He had nearly done the opposite, so perhaps-
He pulls his blaster from the holster at his hip and offers it to Bodhi, finally meeting his eyes again.]
I'll meet him, but you need to keep this away from me.