Alicia studied Jude’s movements, watching carefully as the man displayed a nonchalant attitude to her.  He hadn’t spoken yet and that was something of a challenge for her, but one she would greatly enjoy.<br/><br/><em>Humans were enjoyable. </em><br/><br/><strong>“My time to be curious then, how about a simple test, you talk or your friend there gets to join his partner”</strong>She wondered if he would take a bait. Threats weren’t her strongest suit but she needed to jolt him somehow.<em>His attention for the man’s life, was that too much to ask?</em>If he was clever as she’d hope he would be, he would bargain with her.<em>Humans bargained everything</em>.<br/><br/>She recalled how each of the analysts before him had bargained for unnecessary things like lesser hours, more water, a table and with the last one – more food. At the start, it was fun to watch them pitch their demands while she sat there and observed them.<em>Ironically, it was her observing them than the other way round</em>, but nothing had satisfied her until the inclusion of the guards. She began learning about their personal lives and habitual behavior.<br/><br/><em>Alone the humans appeared vastly different than in the presence of company</em>– Entry number five.<em>That was it!</em><br/><br/>She tried to play with him, her game having only just begun,<strong>“what do you think will happen if the humans outside those doors found out you got me to ‘talk’. Would they applaud you on your achievement or will they also keep you under observation for colluding with me?” </strong>she drummed her fingers on the table as she watched him, waiting for his reaction.<br/>