“Do you need to prepare Corine?”  The machine said as she tilted her head downward to face the smaller woman, her optics scanning over the woman made of flesh.<br/><br/>“If you do, I will accompany you.  It is easier to synchronize with an organic organism by observing its behaviour.  If I was capable of downloading your data, it wouldn’t be as neccesary for me to be so intrusive.  Yet, if I am to fight by your side...  I need to try to locate predicatable behaviour , and discover just how your body works when it is not in a state of rest.  This way I will know how best to compliment your own tactics.”  Those blue unblinking orbs never moved from the eyes of the psychic vampire.<br/><br/>“Is this a satisfactory arrangement?”  The machine said in that sweet yet wholy monotone voice.