[ yeeeeeeeeeeee gideon never really considered the possibility that she'd have to have a conversation with an anti-house personage, she always figured she'd be in the cohort and Doing A War at the time, and talking wouldn't be part of it. ]

Oh you know. [ evasively, ] You need somebody to weed the garden, right? You get a skeleton to do it. You need somebody to do stuff out in the zero oxygen areas? Skeleton.

[ and with more honesty, resigned, ] Let me tell you, if you like bones enough, there is endless opportunity for bone-related functionality.

[ oh hell yeah this lady has heard of space. ]

That's it exactly! But we still use swords, because swords are cool. [ she nods professionally. ]

Machines break down. Swords get the job done.