"It doesn't matter that she's human. It doesn't matter to her either. Your feelings for Rita are the same as yours for 2B." Concern, trust, love. That feeling where you know you can't imagine a world without them.

"Tell her," Cole insists. Because Cole has a feeling Rita feels the same about 9S and he does for her. And honestly, the carnival is chaotic enough as is. If two people can find happiness here, then Cole is going to find a way to make him happy.