Faith
July 31, 2025 at 2:51:25 PM
I will say, from one human being to another, I probably had an upbringing that's anything but human. If anything, it probably resembled what your androids get on the regular. What sustenance and such I needed to survive, followed by training towards a singular goal once I reached a certain age.
Most of my contract work was clearly designed to leave me at a disadvantage, potentially kill me if I didn't do it perfectly, but benefit my employers in the long run. I didn't spend much time with my family, and what time I spent with my parents tended to have them distracted and distant, because of their various addictions. Most conversation was comparing me to my brother, and telling me not to end up like him someday, followed by a melancholy distaste in my work, even though I more or less had to do it for their survival.
Bee and my relationship is.. different. And eye opening, maybe. I don't wish that my past had been different, because I wouldn't have ended up where I am now, but I can note the clear difference in the way I care for her versus how my parents did for me.