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Guys. It's a big, metal, mass storage cube, identical to the others except it's marked with hearts. It has no emotions because it is an inanimate object entirely lacking the means for even the most basic of cognition. It is a "companion" in name only: it is not accompanying you, you're bringing it with you.



...And, yes, I miss it, too.