Should be mouth off to the horrifying avatar of loss and destruction? No. Will she mouth off to the horrifying avatar of loss and destruction? The Gravemind had to hijack her vocal output before she'd stop mouthing off to it, and she was still trying to even then. Sass is an innate part of Cortana's being, she's unlikely to ever stop.
Heat isn't great for the robotic body - computers do overheat rather easily and there are plenty of melty plastic bits, particularly on the parts that make her look human. Even if he can't easily light her on fire, she'd still rather not have to go around with a horrifying, melted face. Looking at someone with a horrifying, melted face is creepy enough. She makes an effort to steel herself when he approaches.
"You tell me: are you going to start a fight? Torture civilians in order to fix whatever is going on here?" Cortana doesn't want to kill this guy, but she will if she has to. "Is there even a way to fix this?" It might be kinder to kill him, even if he doesn't want to go. She knows from experience that sometimes a quick death is the best thing you can hope for.
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Should be mouth off to the horrifying avatar of loss and destruction? No. Will she mouth off to the horrifying avatar of loss and destruction? The Gravemind had to hijack her vocal output before she'd stop mouthing off to it, and she was still trying to even then. Sass is an innate part of Cortana's being, she's unlikely to ever stop.
Heat isn't great for the robotic body - computers do overheat rather easily and there are plenty of melty plastic bits, particularly on the parts that make her look human. Even if he can't easily light her on fire, she'd still rather not have to go around with a horrifying, melted face. Looking at someone with a horrifying, melted face is creepy enough. She makes an effort to steel herself when he approaches.
"You tell me: are you going to start a fight? Torture civilians in order to fix whatever is going on here?" Cortana doesn't want to kill this guy, but she will if she has to. "Is there even a way to fix this?" It might be kinder to kill him, even if he doesn't want to go. She knows from experience that sometimes a quick death is the best thing you can hope for.