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No. Just people who thought violence was the answer to all their problems.

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That's one reason I try to make sure no one on the Guard gets too heavy-handed. You have to put up a fight sometimes, but if you can avoid it, you should.

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And they never will if we ruin what trust they have in us. Some folks respect what we do, but we have to treat them right in return.

[And he knows the folks who don't respect them are the sort who probably never would anyway, just because of the kind of desire for order they represent.]

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We just keep doing what's needed, and maybe we'll earn their respect along the way. Not everyone will agree with how we try to run things, but we're all in this together whether we like it or not.

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I've been around a long time, Shadow. Met a lot of people. You're always going to have those who don't respect us and never will. Maybe they come from a place where that kind of goodness just doesn't exist. Maybe they figure we can't make a difference and would rather take matters into their own hands. Or maybe they just like to watch things burn.

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[It's okay, Shadow. He kind of suspects that.]

Longer than a lot of the folks here have been alive. It comes with the territory of being a synth.

[Which means he'll probably outlive them all, too. The downsides of being ageless.]

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Enough that it gets hard to remember it all. And on top of that, some of my memories come from a fella who's been dead for two hundred years.

[So at least that many.]

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Yeah. The newer synths can pass so well that some of them don't even know they're machines underneath the skin, but most older models like me only do what they're programmed to do. The entire reason I'm as independent as I am is because of the man my mind comes from.

[He doesn't go into details like that for just anyone, Shadow.]

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No. He was human, had a life of his own. I'm something else.

[And he's still trying to figure out where he fits in.]

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So was he.

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It's the only name I've ever had. It grew on me, even after I figured out it wasn't mine.

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So I've been told. It's still his though, as are a lot of other things.

[He'll figure it out one day, Shadow. You can't teach an old bot new tricks overnight.]