[if she uses it. so it's not something that someone else can do to her? that's... a comfort. it's a comfort that anna has b-mode instead of a self-destruct sequence, even though she can't actually activate it herself—or if she can, she doesn't know how. she focuses on what might be easier, then:]

Maybe that's where souls come in. You don't have data anymore as far as I know, 2B. [she curls her hand against her chest as though it's a prayer.] I know my situation is different, but I think the thing that makes me who I am... my soul, our souls, I think that's what's getting put into that squid every time we come back. I think you have something a lot more intangible than data inside you right now. Even if it doesn't make any sense.