"Android," she corrects. "Officially, we're not referred to with genders." Which doesn't mean North doesn't think of herself as female, but does mean that humans generally don't acknowledge it.
There's a member of Jericho who used to work for the state department. But while she doesn't mind him living on the ship, she's not about to use actual Jericho resources to help a human without something in exchange.
"You could be useful to us. If nothing else, we can use how much you make other humans nervous to make our cause seem less threatening." North cracks a smile. "I was willing to shoot you because I thought you might be a threat. It was never personal."
To be honest, her opinion of humans is such that she doesn't hold anything personal against almost any of them. They are what they are; violence and small-mindedness are in their genes. That Spider-Man has mostly risen above it and sees her as a person is probably the exception that proves the rule, to think idiomatically.
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There's a member of Jericho who used to work for the state department. But while she doesn't mind him living on the ship, she's not about to use actual Jericho resources to help a human without something in exchange.
"You could be useful to us. If nothing else, we can use how much you make other humans nervous to make our cause seem less threatening." North cracks a smile. "I was willing to shoot you because I thought you might be a threat. It was never personal."
To be honest, her opinion of humans is such that she doesn't hold anything personal against almost any of them. They are what they are; violence and small-mindedness are in their genes. That Spider-Man has mostly risen above it and sees her as a person is probably the exception that proves the rule, to think idiomatically.