"Understanding humans isn't hard," Alessa said, "But that doesn't mean I get why they do things that they do. For instance, this course of action before talking to the rest of the crew is short sighted. Your reactions, from what I've seen and heard, seems to indicate that you have a phobia involving the AI. I can tell you, despite the trouble we had with a certain one in the past, that the AI is the least of all our problems. This is why the whole reason of getting the people mobilized is important to the people here. I understand that well enough. If you're going to do this, you may as well comprehend that yourself."

Here, Alessa laughed. "I've done my share in helping on the ship, as repulsed as I am by those actions. The beings we found were far more dangerous than any AI or human I had ever seen. It had the powers I did but to a more dangerous extent. And guns would have done nothing."