I don't think many people'd disagree with you, Miss.
[The Spine likes his solitude, but there's a difference between solitude when your family is all around and being truly alone. He knows this, and his heart--or the code that makes him sometimes feel as though he might have one--goes out to her.
He hesitates for a moment before carefully lowering himself to a seat on the sand with a hiss of hydraulics and quiet clicking of gears.
Turning towards her, he holds out a gleaming silver hand.]
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[The Spine likes his solitude, but there's a difference between solitude when your family is all around and being truly alone. He knows this, and his heart--or the code that makes him sometimes feel as though he might have one--goes out to her.
He hesitates for a moment before carefully lowering himself to a seat on the sand with a hiss of hydraulics and quiet clicking of gears.
Turning towards her, he holds out a gleaming silver hand.]
I'm called The Spine. What's your name?