"I certainly hope she does," Anwei laughed. "It's always best to be on an AI's good side - especially when you are living inside of its sphere of influence."

Anwei tried to picture emotions as shadows for a moment - shadows that could be eaten. What did they look like, what did they taste like? Maybe she would ask some of those questions, later. For the database, of course.

"Remember what I said on the comm, about treating AI's as people? How the more flexible they became, the better personalities they had? Stacy is the person who will know about her emotions, good and bad. Ask Stacy how she feels. Maybe she's nothing but love and joy all the time but - maybe not. And if you can take some of her shadows away - she may appreciate it."