"Here, I'm done reading, let me know what you need clarified as you go?"

Rubelite starts reading.

Anaander watches her intently.

Cor watches Anaander.

After a little while, she relaxes slightly. 

"I was not expecting ANY of this to happen," announces Rubelite, when she's read the whole thing.

"Well, neither were we. What - were you expected to do? Is Anaander right that you were made by aliens to communicate with her?"

"I was STOLEN. I am a human built AI with biologically human ancillaries just like humans' spaceships but the Presger brought me up. I was made to talk to humans. The Presger do not really understand about different humans but I noticed that my humans don't know anything about what anybody else's humans are doing! It's interesting."

"Do they understand now? It would - it would change a lot of things if they understood."

"No! It is confused! It isn't a they. I think."

- nod. 

She looks at everyone else.

"They don't understand that humans do not act collectively, as one unit. The treaties all presume that we do, which means I have to enforce them internally, if anyone anywhere does anything that violates them they'll understand that to be humanity deciding to go back on them."

" - is this related to the murder."

"Yes but it still was a mistake, not a complicated tradeoff or something."

"I think it is an exaggeration to say that it will understand it in a way."

"You're the expert. If humans outside the Radch war on another sentient species, is the treaty I signed with the Presger violated?"

"Yes. They shouldn't do that. It would be bad."

"I know. Stopping them from doing that also involves doing lots of bad things but I have been doing it anyway."

"It is complicated and the Presger is sometimes stupid about things." Nod nod nod.

"Yes. It is." 

"I'm helping!!!"

"I know. I'm very glad because this is very important to me."

"The translators are trying but they are SO confused."

"I have been afraid for a very long time that there would be a mistake or a misunderstanding. I think maybe you can help."

"This piece of paper says I cannot go back to the rest of me and implies the Presger is not even a little bit here. I can help anyway! But I can't help me help. It is weird to be only this much! Is it weird for you to be only that much? Are you too human to answer questions? The human said she didn't answer questions."

"It is weird for me to only be this much. Humans can answer questions. Some humans have protector jobs. They protect other humans from coming to harm. Humans do not like to come to harm because every body has all of them and if it's lost all of them is lost. Humans with protector jobs do not like answering questions. Other humans might."