Fear made the tall, lanky android’s circuits run cold as he scanned the other’s face, seeing only dislike and icy disgust. There was no hint of mercy in her expression, nothing to give the impression that she had any intention of sparing him. He half expected to be crushed by a masher where he stood at any moment, but by some grace of God she didn’t kill him. At least, not yet.
For now, she seemed to be intent on asking him questions, which sent a stab of relief through his blue eyes. Perhaps if he could keep her talking, or even just take enough time rambling himself, she would have time to calm down and might consider not wiping him out of existence. He didn’t want to die yet, he still had to try and find the Lady to apologize. A crushed android wouldn’t be much good for that.
So he offered a grin, obviously very fake, to barely mask the absolute terror he was feeling. To his credit, his voice was steady for the most part. The only thing that was off was it’s pitch, which had gone up several notes.
"Um, well, yes that. I can see how that might be quite odd, to you. That I am down here and you didn’t know it. Very peculiar, isn’t it? But, you see, there’s a simple explanation.. Hm. It’s been a little while since I first came back, let me see if I can remember..
..Well, I wandered about for a time, after I crash landed. Or, we crash landed I should say. Spacey came down too. Little chap ran off right after we landed, not sure where he ended up.. Oh! Yes, so, I walked around humans for a bit and looked for somewhere to stay, and would you believe it it doesn’t seem like hardly a soul up there has even seen an android! There was no place for me there, and I really..didn’t have anyone. N-no friends or anything, no one I could turn to, so I came back here..That was all I knew to do.”
He began to sound very small, sadness clouding his optics as he spoke. He lowered his head and focused on working his fingers together.
”..Well, wouldn’t you guess it, I actually got lucky. There was an open vent shaft in one of the old surface entrances and I just..climbed in. Worked my way down the chute. It was bloody cramped if I’m honest, and I just..popped out in one of the lower levels. Been down there ever since.”