In truth, she was still considering it. She could petition the Council. Immediately.
But... "I don't know. There are certain baselines past which the human-- the purely human-- has trouble reaching. To be truly and purely individual is one. To bridge the gap between soul and soul and become truly of one mind is another. And so far, most of what I have met are, more or less, human. Similar bauplan, similar thought process, a human with funny paint on remains. To get more diverse results even than this would require perspectives you or I might have trouble parsing, though not nearly so much as many think."
"And it is precisely because I agree-- we need more information-- that I... Will have to refuse your offer, for now. I have to be more certain of the Council's plan. I have to be more certain that this is where my family intended to go. And... I have to be more certain where all this material came from."
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But... "I don't know. There are certain baselines past which the human-- the purely human-- has trouble reaching. To be truly and purely individual is one. To bridge the gap between soul and soul and become truly of one mind is another. And so far, most of what I have met are, more or less, human. Similar bauplan, similar thought process, a human with funny paint on remains. To get more diverse results even than this would require perspectives you or I might have trouble parsing, though not nearly so much as many think."
"And it is precisely because I agree-- we need more information-- that I... Will have to refuse your offer, for now. I have to be more certain of the Council's plan. I have to be more certain that this is where my family intended to go. And... I have to be more certain where all this material came from."