Kasey was taken aback at her response. He wasn't aware that his spouse was so...<strong>intelligent.</strong><em>Perhaps after this, we need to have a long talk,</em>he thought to himself.<br/><br/>It took him a few moments to come up with an adequate answer. "Yes, that's mostly correct, except that she's not an automaton, exactly. She's a fully-functional creation - according to the reports, she's got as much awareness and emotional range as anyone else here." He glanced around at the other people in the yard, and said quietly, "And much more than some, I wager."<br/><br/>After a moment, he added, "And her memory is intact after a... reboot. She'll be quite able to help identify what went wrong, why she died."