What's the deal with Tessa Bannister? Is she an AI?

There are no AIs.

I don't believe you.

Well, there was the Artemis one, but AIs go bad. That's our line and we're sticking to it.

You're willing to go on the record right now that Tessa Bannister is a real person?

No, she's definitely a person.

Just trapped in a comm array.

Yeah, she's just got a really boring job. But she seems to enjoy it, so good for her. I mean, the thing I always thought about with her was Kurt Russell playing chess against the computer. She's stuck on this tour for eight months or a year.