Harmony spread its mechanical wings, smiling across the table at her. “It is not all that different from the way you got here. This colony trusted Forerunner to build it, and will rely on it for its operation for many years to come. Eventually, this intelligence will be transformed into one meant to run a civilization, rather than his present form driven by expansion and mission success at the expense of all else. Departing Equus now that the quarantine is over will involve our presence serving in a similar capacity, and the greatest minimization of the risk of true death as possible. The specific details are beyond the scope of this conversation.”