[ he hadn't thought about her first question, not until this very second, and it makes him all the more grim for it. he looks back at her when he's brought down, big brown eyes wet and unhappy with unshed tears. this is - hateful. miserable. ]

... I'd be kinda out of luck, to tell you the truth. [ quiet. ] My partner's dead - I'm the only golem, now, and it cried out when it happened.

Would have to find somebody else that lost their partner, too, if I wanted to. But I don't... I don't want them to lose their life if somethin' happens to me.