[David actually considers before answering, trying to analyze and describe the situation as accurately as possible.]

Not exactly. We had a history of overall positive interaction even before we were assigned, and as she is also an artificial life form, I hoped she would [This doesn't really feel like the best way to put it, because Aya had seemed find with her station in life. That said, she was also treated like a person, not a tool, so perhaps that was to be expected.] understand.