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She was safe.

That was the first thought that raced through his mind at the sight of Rebecca- and for the first time in what felt like an eternity the near-deafening anxiety that had been thumping in his processing core was silenced. It was replaced by an odd-soothing numbness as empty buzzing replaced it, his world reduced to nothing more than her.

He was moving without realizing it, stumbling forward on a damaged leg to collapse in front of her. Arms encircled her tightly, pulling Rebecca in a tight hug.

Rebecca was half covered in soot from getting civilians out of burning buildings, half gasping, half coughing out a bit of smoke at his stumble as she was sent to her knees with his weight. She wrapped her arms around him just as tight, burying her sooty face in his shoulder.

“Papa, you’re alive… I’m so glad…”

Her voice was quiet as she held onto him, not thinking about much else. Her armor was a bit wrecked and covered in dirt and who knew what else, but she didn’t care right now.

“I was so scared…”