This file has been restricted pending the subject's arrival aboard Carriers Outriding. What follows is a preliminary assessment compiled from Commonwealth intelligence sources, which are acknowledged to be incomplete.
Billy Liar is an android soldier, originally built to fight in the Chirality for a world long since lost. He is an innocent killer — immensely skilled, naive, and unbothered by moral questions as a factor of design. Killing is simply what he does. He does not describe this as a burden. He does not describe it as anything.
The full record of Billy Liar's service history, the nature of the Chirality conflict, the identity of his original commissioning world, and the circumstances of his current freelance status are classified at levels above general clearance. Personnel without appropriate clearance are advised to prepare for the subject's arrival without reference to this annex.
"Everything is beautiful, and nothing hurts." He means this completely.
Not to become human. Not to develop feelings. He is satisfied as he is. This is not a performance.
Shines brightly and without complication. He will fall in love with Theodore Castelline.
Theodore will perceive him as slow, then as a "sexy psychotic," then as something he doesn't have words for yet. He will find words eventually.
Simply made that way. Perfect.
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After Outriding's passing, Billy works almost exclusively with Captain Annalise Bellar, as his infamy precludes finding much independent work. His greatest challenge arises when the Chirality returns in a new viral form. The resulting damage to his programming is something only the Infanta can help him navigate. Together, they develop soul. This is the record's assessment. It does not have a better word for what happens.
The love that arrives last and is the most uncomplicated of the three. "Simple, perfect love," Theodore will eventually say.
View dossier → Annalise BellarAfter Outriding, he works almost exclusively with her. The infamy is mutual protection. She understands what he is.
View dossier → Mockingbird SquadThey model themselves on him to evolve. He is the template they use to become something nobody had a word for.
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