Anwei rolled her tongue in her cheek, thoughtful. "Or the help of another Daligig AI, maybe. Or find a way to give Stacy the power to clean up her own code - it must be terrible now, like having a scratch that can't be itched."

And she wondered: how would Tracy get along with another AI she knew quite well, her friend Horanckk? He had engaged with AI's before, he knew a considerable amount about slicing surgically into code structure and taking out just what was needed. If he was here, if he was unbound in the systems, could he negate Stacy's contradictory orders? Or - better yet - could he take over parts of her code structure that were contradictory, absorb them and remove them from her? Stacy apparently already rejected some parts of them emotionally; could she be convinced to join forces with Horanckk?

And if I had a long enough lever, I could move the moon, she chided herself. First things first.