She considered his response, the ambiguity at first and the story to follow. His candor, when he admitted to hoarding, surprised her the most and it showed on her features. Hayley glanced up to Clark and then back to their path again, considering the situation and mulling it over in her mind. It felt like the kind of thing that she wasn't sure she could ever judge, something she might never have enough honest, objective information about. Not that Clark was lying, but that everyone - herself included - was always biased in their sharing of information.

"So you overestimated and made a mistake," she replied lightly. "Or underestimated? Whatever. I mean, I still don't get the whole idea of building robots in the first place and the whole AI thing sounds the beginning of some dystopian novel, but you have more advanced technology to begin with."

After a beat, she added, "I don't think you're reckless? I think you just try way too hard and overestimate your ability to save everyone. But.. maybe that's part of the job."

Hayley's tone conveyed that she wasn't thrilled about that detail. It was similar to something Bart had told her once, about needing to feel like everyone was his responsibility and that he could save them all. An inability to recognize ones' limits was more likely to get people killed than not trying enough - maybe that was a recklessness in and of itself.