She could cry. Maybe she was crying. The rain falling on her cheeks could be why her eyes feel so wet-

Across from her stood a human, just like her, just like Eva. It was everything she wanted it to be and more. Outside, in the world, she finally met a human after years of searching, wandering, and discovering. She had thought herself the last of her species. She had argued countless days against her Muthr about whether humans still existed outside of herself, and finally, she, Eva Nine, could say they did. One lonely human girl to another lonely human.

The human looked worse for wear than her, ragged and bone thin. She could only pray she could convince the younger to come back to her shared HRP Sanctuary. It didn't matter, though, whether the human wanted to or not. They were coming back to Sanctuary 573 with her.