Oh, the technology for these was invented long ago. [her expression fades, and her posture slumps a bit. Even her mechadendrites hover a bit lower, and the one underwater curls around her legs almost protectively.]
It's a very long story as to why—long and extremely unpleasant. There were great leaps of innovation made in the past, dangerous innovation, in times when humankind was still ignorant of the disaster such recklessness would bring. We are wiser now.
[she recites that last line with a stoic face: it's what she's been taught all her life. It chafes against her natural imagination, but it's for the best—isn't it?]
But oh, the ancients created so many beautiful things. We cherish what we have inherited.