Not all clichéd femininity sexuality is submissive: The idea of woman as a cold distant and untouchable"… well, machine is where Shodan finds her peers. Hell - if she ever gets bored of almost (but not quite) killing hackers at the edge of space, she could find busy employment running an S&M-themed phone-line. Double Hell – actually look at the relationship between Shodan and yourself. While in reality you're in a consensual relationship where both needs the other, in terms of the actual second by second practice it's a straight Domme/Sub arrangement. She tells you what to do. You do it. She insults you. You're just lucky she doesn't make you lick her boots clean or something.

"Do not presume to go in there, insect"…" Shodan spits "I will not abide disobedience". And you pause, standing on the threshold. Whatever will she do? Whatever can she do? If you go in, swearing under your breath at this tyrant, you find Delacroix dead and her final log describing Shodan's betrayal. It's cut-off as Shodan interrupts. "I hope you enjoyed your little rebellion, irritant," Shodan states, coldly calm "But remember, what Shodan gives, she is more than able to take away".