Oh very nice! I like this! Boyd's an honorable man so he'd take this one sided (of a sort) friendship on because it's the right thing to do. I do see him having an affection for Echo that wouldn't make logical sense to people like Boyd who see her as a human etch-a-sketch or to Laurence who sees her as a thing more than a person, but Boyd's all about the humanity and he'll hold onto whatever humanity is in Echo because he's the only one who can.

Thank you so much for writing this for the challenge! It's really quite wonderful.