"Theta?" She's not so sure what a Theta is, because he'd just said that his name is North Dakota. Is it an animal that she hasn't seen yet in hiding? Perhaps a dog or a smaller pet?

He goes on, though, and Niska is taken aback. It's not the concept of AI, after all (she is one), but the fact that they could somehow be together. Perhaps it's like Mia and Anita, though she doesn't see the similarity. "You mean to say that you have a fully fledged AI in your head? How do you share the space? The brainpower?"