"Machines don't have souls, Kaes." The darkness of the Everfree forest swirled around the robot, the pentagram on her flank glowing with her horn, and matching the one on the ground. "And you were built to destroy me. Why should I cooperate with you?" The Kinshen stood in the circle, his eyes glowing red. Kaes stared hard at him.
"I wasn't built to destroy you. I was built to summon you. And once you're done with what I tell you, you're free to help yourself to anyone from that lab." She opened up her saddlebag, withdrawing a full ripe fruit. "Or I could give you this soul fruit, if offering you their souls will make you go on an 'Ethics and Hypocrisy' tangent. They thought they could do whatever they wanted to me just because I have a memory chip keeping track of what happens instead of a flesh organ. That just means I remember who's wronged me better."
The Kinshen shrugged. "What do you want me to do, then, for the price of a soul fruit?"
"Kill them."
"Figures. Alright. I'll do it, and maybe I'll eat some of their souls anyways. It's be a shame to waste them."
"Go ahead."
"I'll be back to claim that when I'm done." Robot and Kinshen grasped hooves for just a moment, and then the Kinshen flew off to do what he'd been told.