"Special clothes, huh...?" But the little bot waggles as if to shake its head. "I haven't seen anyone like that around. But maybe they're just doing a very good job of blending in!"

Arid gives it a hard look, there. Given its bizarre behavior, she's not at all sure this AI is any more shackled than she is- and either way, she doesn't want it giving away any of them who've managed to hide so far. Better try and nix this line of thought. "Negative. I would have detected them."

It flexes its points in a little shrug. "Well, people from different places develop artificial life in very different ways. It kind of sounds like you're both looking for something that isn't there."