At least he doesn't seem insulted. She's pretty sure she'd lose a fight to a robot. Maybe with a better weapon than her little knife, but who knows? She's not about to press that.

She stares at him all through that explanation.

"This is cool as hell," she murmurs, only half-aware she said that out loud. Not that she's sorry! This whole place is strange and wild and she's not entirely convinced it's not a dream. Or a hallucination. Maybe Mathias finally just fucked her up for good. Cool robot dude who punches evil robot dudes, though? How can she not like that?

"I'm Ellie. Is there a big Hal or are you just Lil Hal for fun?" she asks, one side of her mouth quirking up. Even in a bizarro world situation, her sense of humour is what it is.