Giving her cheek one last pat, Kaede tutted at his creation. "How many times have I told you to call me by my name? You're an independent being now aren't you? Besides, I'm no professor anymore," he added with a snort. Pushing his glasses into place over his reddish-brown eyes, he reached for his tablet again. All of E.v.a's stats showed her in prime condition and she responded just as he always expected--so full of life. "How do you feel right now? Did you experience anything strange during the shut-down? It looked like your brain activity peeked for a while," he mused. "Were you perhaps thinking while offline? Dreaming maybe?"