VATU regarded the other quietly. “Strange, is it not? How humanity’s works of fiction often hold so much truth…but that is neither here nor there.”
Fully turning to face Evren, she tilted her head. “What would the price be for information from you? There’s an individual I’m looking for.”
@embrfang from here.
“…both, perhaps,” VATU replied, her expression passive.
“Freedom has a cost. Peace has a cost. Nothing can be gained without first sacrificing something in turn.”
A lesson she had learned over the years she was being developed, from watching the human scientists as they worked on her.