Took you in as a stray, huh? I kinda know the feeling. [Although Deacon didn't fall in love with Agamemnon, then-leader of the Railroad when they recruited him. It was a good thing, too, because Agamemnon was killed barely a year later.

Miller's question seems like an evasion, getting off a topic that makes him uncomfortable by passing the focus to him instead. And in the process unknowingly stepped onto the minefield of Deacon's own issues.]

The last person was a hell of a long time ago. She was human, but she accepted me even though I'm a synth. That meant a lot. [He can't tell the truth. He can't.]