[Connor hesitates before stepping closer, touching his hand to the SQUIP’s. The Bond responds to the touch, strengthening where it had become weaker through lack of contact.]

It’s true that you’re human now, but I think we still share something special despite that. We still understand each other. What happened to you hasn’t changed how I feel. Has it changed how you feel about me?

[He knows what he wants the answer to be, but he’s still afraid he might hear otherwise.]

Do you want to break our Bond because of it?