[Sparky and Max are cuddling close to York; he barely noticed either of them a moment before. He takes a steadying breath; he's going to have to go somewhere and sit for...a while soon, but he's been through worse than a shock like this.]

FILSS is an artificial intelligence. AIs are...thinking machines. Some of them are people, some of them are...I don't know, they're specialized enough that they don't really think, they just sound like they're thinking.

Other than the nightmares that are probably here, there shouldn't be anything more dangerous than anywhere else.