[ People do not always respond well to Jack, historically, either. A lot of the time he deserves it, but still. Not the best track record. He’s reserving judgment until he has a little more information. Definitely helps that he’s not getting a dalek kind of vibe from Edi. Most of the truly great evil he has seen in his time has had nothing to do with artificial intelligence. It has had everything to do with madmen believing fanatically in their own causes. ]

Well, I’m human. My species originated on a planet called Earth. I was born on a colony planet in the Boshane peninsula. I haven’t been back there in a long time. I’m from space. I was the captain of a ship.

[ Most recently, anyway. Jack’s history is long and varied. He’s not planning on overly complicating this conversation if he doesn’t have to. ]

How long have you been here?