"I mean, that's definitely one way to view technology, but..." She looks up at Blade again, and there's a sympathetic angle to her gaze this time. "You should care about your work. If it doesn't like you, that shows a complete failure to truly empathise with what you're creating. I'd hate it if one of my robots hated me."

And this time offers one hand, carefully, for Blade to reject at its own pace, instead of bucking her off.