robot: "this sounds like a gamble. we might enter a fantasy of his, and it could go in a number of directions depending on what he is imagining."
scientist: "maybe we can be up-front about it!" scientist [to boss]: "mr, er, boss, sir, you are acting like a ballerina in a private flat. if you do not respond sanely we are planning to act like a ballerina as well in order to attempt to connect with you. do you understand?"
