"Deviant?" The sharp surprise with which she echoes it isn't affected, that much is real. Arid gives him a closer look for a second before looking back again, as if re-evaluating. Which she is, just. She's mostly assessing him. "Affirmative. Without knowledge of the model's operating parameters, its compliance cannot be evaluated. Its rules may not require a subservient demeanor."

No more than hers did. She has to admit she agrees with his disbelief, too. "It is unlikely." She considers for a moment, then suggests, deadpan, "You could surveil one of the waste facilities to make certain."