the way you talk about it ? come on, peri l, you /never/ talk about anyone like that.

really ? you don't think you do anything different ?

( crossing her arms. )

. . ( she sighed, arms falling from her sides. ) sorry, i'm not trying to . . force a label onto you. whatever you two have is special. i'm happy for you, peri.

well —— you gave it a kiss. think that's one.

you didn't give anyone else one.

( smiling a little. ) not exactly.

. . peri. honey. do you know what a crush is ?

not necessarily. I'd take another look.

well, sure . . someone you like. romantically.

uh - huh.

by that definition, am i wrong for saying you have a crush on SecUnit ?

i, uh . . i guess i don't know. especially for a bot. do you want it to be ? do you like the idea of being in a relationship with SecUnit ?

no, no —— not at all. having a crush doesn't mean you have to do or change anything.

your plan ?

of course.

? about . . ?

( trying not to smile. ) mh - hmmm. how did you realize that ?

that's great, peri. are you ever going to tell SecUnit ? you know how it feels about that stuff . .

peri. 😌