Draiss nodded, a glum look on his face. "Yes, I know. But doesn't make it any easier to deal with now. And the shadow stalkers did, and even had some advice for me. Two words. 'Start over'. Make of that what you will."<br/><br/>He sighed, before paring another line off of the copy. "The problem is that your idea about using the shadow stalkers is like you using a male human as a guide to rebuild a female kitsune. Good in theory, and might help with the basic design, but trusting it for details is, at best, stupid. So no, gonna plod along like a poor, pitiful mortal. After all, she has been a VI for more than four millennia, she can stay one for another year or two. Besides, she is currently delighted with her mobile platform, which the shadow stalkers keep an eye on whenever she uses it. Not sure why she picked the shamefully humanoid robot, but gonna roll with it."