I'm designing a security system, Ciaphas. That incident at the start of my incarceration taught me an important lesson about taking precautions. I'll install it quick as I can, now that the rest of the wiring's sorted.
[that's enough to brief him, but after a small pause, she adds, excited:]
I've been doing a lot of reading about ancient technotheology—although of course, it wasn't theology to them—and it's absolutely fascinating stuff. Completely primitive, of course, but their understanding is astoundingly thorough despite their utter ignorance of the machine spirits. I'm beginning to wonder if, perhaps, I've been a bit unfair to our ancestors.