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"Baley hoped earnestly that the creatures unreadable eyes could not penetrate Baleys mind and and see in that wild moment, just past and not entirely subsided, when all of Baley had concentrated into a feeling of intense friendship that was almost love. After all, one could not love as a friend this Daneel Olivaw..."
""It is my programming, Partner Elijah," said Daneel in a voice that seemed to soften, "yet somehow it seems to me that, even were it not for my programming, saving you makes the loss of my own existance seem quite trivial in comparison." Baley could not resist this. He held out his hand and closed it on Daneel's with a fierce grip. "Thank you, Partner Daneel, but please do not allow it to happen. I do not wish the loss of your existence. The preservation of my own would be inadequate compensation, it seems to me." And Baley was amazed to discover that he really meant it. He was faintly horrified to realize that he would be ready to risk his life for a robot. -No, not for a robot. For Daneel."
Daneel to Vasilia - ""Yes, Dr. Vasilia. My choice in this matter - the Earthman over you - arises not only out of Dr. Fastolfe's instructions, but becaus the Earthman and I are partners in this investigation and because-" Daneel paused as though puzzled by what he was about to say, and then said it anyway, "-we are friends.""
Baley to Vasilia - "Baley said, sharply, "Nevertheless bound by friendship. Do not, for your own sake, test the force of our-" Now it was he who paused, and, as though to his own surprise, completed the sentence impossibly, "-love.""
"He felt Daneels steady arm about his waist and shame prevented him from doing, in that moment, he most wanted to do - to turn and hide his face against that robotic chest. He might have been unable to resist if Daneel had been human-" DID THAT HELP WITH THE TRIGGERING
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