"Well, that's a hard one," Anwei said. "Because I certainly can see why you wouldn't like her. She's done a lot of strange things to all of us, and hasn't be able to tell us why. Of course for all we know she is screaming inside to tell us why, and there's some code on her that won't let her speak."

She looked down for a moment. "Look. I don't know how long all of us, any of us, are going to be here. But maybe you could try talking to her, tell her why you don't trust her, what she would need to do for you to trust her. And - here's the important thing - give her permission to talk to you later, to think about what you've said. Sometimes for an AI that's all it takes, knowing that someone wants to hear back from them. And before you know it they're running their numbers backwards, in your favor. Because they like you."