"No. I worry that nothing I accomplish will be acknowledged as my own, and than it will be viewed as if you were handing it to me." Hadyn said, holding back the slight snap that was ready to come out of them as he ruffled Bond's fur and tried not to have his face bathed in puppy slobber.

"I also never claimed you were the only person here for me." He said after a moment, "but that doesn't mean that I'm eager to rush off and test the boundaries of what your people will or will not accept." He sight then, shaking his head a little. "I just don't....I'd not be a Nine, that is for sure."