[Given that he was still speaking to her amicably, and even treating her like a peer, Aya chose to let the comment slide. Knowing he was not referring to her, personally.]

I had never encountered another until my arrival in Keelai.

There were beings who claimed to be Artificial Intelligences in the universe I was summoned here from, but after a lengthy conversation, I came to realize they were nothing more than machines doing as their program commanded. They could neither grow nor learn from their errors.