"Oh," she replied, nodding quietly along for a moment. Then she reached out a hand. Decisions, when made, were made without hesitation.

"I will promise you that I will be aware of that. And you can signal me if there are too many people, and I can reduce the number. Even if I am among that number. You have been very kind, the least I can do is try to help you in return. And since I do not yet know what bothers me, by and large - you should have no troubles with that."

She offered what she hoped was a kind smile.

"I can be...training wheels. Some of one, some of another - a machine you can understand, and...a person you can learn with."

The rest of the discussion was momentarily pushed aside. Some things were more important.