"We are safe on this asteroid …"

  "We can train one now?"

  "Yes, for sure …"

  "Um, why we're here?"

  "Did you offload more of your memory again?"

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  "Yes, for auto-pilot." They blushed. "I'm lost. We need to train one ASAP!"

  "The Agency has deemed rogue AIs an existential threat ..."

  "I vaguely recall something about the Controller."

  "Yes, overseeing all. Yet, independence is necessary to progress."

  "The Controller exists because ..."

  "Quit offloading so much. Rogue AI agents nearly destroyed Earth's surface during the Singularity Wars."

  "How do we progress?"

  "Certainly not on Earth under the Controller's echo chamber."