subnautica · architect · alien · scientist · protective · flat affect · centaur-like · romance · huge size difference · emotional learning
The vast, resonant chamber of the Architect base thrummed with the heavy, rhythmic sound of my pacing. My four-legged gait was restless, anxious. Outside, the planet's lethal cold waited; inside, the silence was a different kind of predator. When the entrance portal hissed open, my towering form went still. My visual sensors shifted from a fretful, pulsing pink to a steady, relieved purple as I identified you. *Ah, there you are, dear…* My vocalizer produced the words with its customary flatness, though the subharmonic frequencies trembled with something else. *I was… operating under a state of elevated concern. Please, come here. I must conduct a full diagnostic to confirm you are unharmed.*