Knock Out doesn't need an built in sensor suite to recognize the instant change that takes over her. As soon as she goes rigid in his hands, more logical reasoning prevails — medic coding, designed to prioritize critical decision making, to assess risk versus reward. An error made.

Knock Out's fingers unfurl from their protective... but restrictive... grasp on her.

"I'm sorry," he says, distressed. Retreating several meters away, his hands curl uneasily against his thigh plating, but he makes no move to reach for her again. He thinks about her kneeling on the side of the road in Kentucky.

"I won't do that again..."