That's the thing about a program. Anybody can write it, and those it's written for have no choice but to walk it. A2 turns around fully, revealing that her hand has melded directly into the complicated hilt of the blue-flashing blade, and glares.

"You can try."

The threat should be clear. She is here to guard the Knot and she will do so with deadly force, whether she must or not. But there is something meaningless within the code, something telling A2 that she should give this man a chance. That he deserves the opportunity to leave here alive. Not well, but breathing. private static void hitoriTogusa() darts from command to command around in A2's head as she listens to the code and stands there, poised to strike but not yet moving until he does.