Assisting everyone on board is my mission. I don't believe I can find a way to return home without help. [It was a small correction, but an important one. Even now, he still considered it his mission.

His gaze lowered slightly at the question, looking thoughtful but not quite frowning, his thoughts on Amanda.] If I do not succeed, then I have no purpose. I'd be obsolete. I'd be replaced and deactivated.

[Without giving it any thought, he once again leaned into the touch. It felt reassuring.] It's not allowed. Androids may not defend themselves.

[Connor's LED flickered blue as he processed what Alucard said, eyebrows raising as a soft smile tugged at his lips.] That makes me feel happy, I think. [An emotion, he knew, but happiness wasn't a bad emotion... right? That one would be fine to feel.]