My human pilot. [Even in its robotic monotone, the stress is on the first syllable, almost possessive. It will not allow itself to be reformatted to serve another pilot when Josephs still needs its help.]

Protecting non-pilot individuals is not my function. [In theory, it is capable of carrying out almost any combat-related task that does not violate its operating parameters. This does not mean that it should.] I should not be operational without a pilot occupying this armored combat suit. However, the on-vessel medical staff have prevented me from initiating self-shutdown. I require intervention from a human operator. [It inclines its head marginally towards the human, marking her as the human operator in question.]