Tiaral

-- Well, I shot that big guy because he was rude.

- So, you killed him for moral satisfaction, - Emma nodded. - I can understand that; people do that very often.

You're acting strangely... -- "For a little girl," Ment thought to herself. -- The world doesn't revolve around things and money.

- I'm just trying to understand why adults - and people in general - act the way they do. You're the strange one, Mineko. As far as I can tell, money and possessions are central to the value system of our group and others. And that's logical, because they help a person function in this world.
She curtsied and bowed.
- Thank you, Aunt Mineko. That was insightful.

She watched the Shinsekai go and looked at the captive.
- I understand everything. You continue to perform your function correctly, even in this state. Any independent person in your place would beg for mercy and offer all sorts of benefits for their release, but you only care about the positive result of your work, which would please your master. You are a tool, but also a biological organism. You put on a helmet and hid your pseudo-human face so as not to differ from other cogs. If you had left your face uncovered, people like Mineko might have thought twice before attacking you, but you spared them the need to consider you as a living person. And at the same time, you look almost real, - she examined the crossbowman from all sides. - An interesting phenomenon.