"My choices run contradictory to your wish that I be preserved," she replied, after a moment.

"Logically, working in tandem will produce a better result. Further, you are a trusted entity."

Ask her that another time, Alice, what she thinks of you. What her honesty had meant. How she would never put her within a million miles of Xizor and his despicable ways. It is a good thing that is left unspoken - and she hasn't the emotions active to respond fully to it.