"Oh," Shiro says again, eyebrows lifting, "that's incredible. I didn't mean any offense, Connor. It makes perfect sense, really, when you explain it like that."

Shiro's natural affability wasn't something he consciously played to, most of the time, but his gut was telling him to keep it up.

"We don't have androids, when I come from. I think there was a period of time where attempts at creating them were in vogue, but the AI back home mostly help ships navigate star systems, or do other specialized tasks in various scientific and medical fields."