Good. [She lets out a laugh of her own.] It's a one of a kind story, now that I think about it, and funny too.

[You know, when they weren't trying to get killed, or blown up, or die from poisonous gas.]

Kind of... [Give her a moment, she's never really had to stop and think about it. They simply existed, and had been for hundreds of years.] They are artificial intelligence, they have their own personalities, or what's been programmed into them. Sure, you can have just the basics put in and then have them develop their personalities as they grow. Depends on the manufacturer, or the maker.

I do think of them as beings themselves. They do feel pain, they can die...and they can be great friends.