She really, really hated machines on her. It would have been a phobia, except that she wasn't afraid of them, but was exceedingly reticent to go through more experimentation if it would hurt. And the last one had hurt.

"What didn't it get? I can tell you how things work, just...as long as you don't have to use that thing again." Fair warning, if he does, it's likely to get clawed off her face and crushed, and that would be awkward to explain.