It can feel like something that happens to you rather than something that you cause. [To them, it feels like both. The Admiral will decide when they have changed enough, and their experiences here will cause some of that change, but they can control some of it themself.]
Do you know Root well? [All they know about her is that she was willing to stalk them as a sort of petty revenge.]
[Their job is to look after her, not to form a connection with her, but getting to know her would be helpful.] She seems like the kind of person who takes things into her own hands. Is that why?
I doubt she would trust me. [After what they did to Will, getting her to trust them could be difficult.]
I did do that. [Now they know that doing so is a good place to start.] All I have to do is keep her from harming anyone this month.
[They think they can do that much.] Thank you.
Are you okay after the Flood? [They think he was unaffected, but those memories could be wrong.]
I got replaced by Adam. [If they were talking to anyone else, it would be harder to say that.]
Oh. That must have been strange. [They have no memory of this.]
He took a different approach to our existence.
As I understand it, he dated anyone who was willing.
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