“I didn’t know him very well, sir. I’m not supposed to talk while I’m on guard duty.” Abner neatly dodged the question about his alleged personhood. Too complicated for that particular conversation. Better to let the officer think he was a human, not bring up the training unless he had to.

“You said he was married, though—suppose it could’ve been his wife? Like I said, it sounded like a woman’s voice. And if he was like that at work, I hate to think what he was like at home.” Pure speculation, but it was all he had. “Do you know if she’s Enclave too? It would have to be someone with inside information...”

Someone who knew his trigger. Or someone who could’ve gotten ahold of it. And if one unauthorized person knew...well, he didn’t want to think about how many others might.