[as close to a -- hmm. he senses her ties with Spike and Jet and Ein and Faye, and realizes they're close, like family - he's floating around the thought, he's almost at it -- but he's too close to her own stream of consciousness to make the leap. he takes a step back, mentally, to appreciate the ship itself, and the thought of how impressive Empu's AI must have been --- and then, once he feels a bit more connected to his own mind, he goes back to those earlier thoughts. the connectivity, and -- yes. yes, there it is, there's the next question he wants.]
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And your family ...? What of them?