Yes, but...

Bill pulled his hand back. This was getting too weird for him. "I mean, I have. You're a very beautiful woman, Amber. But I don't know what to do with this information."

She gave him a reassuring smile. "I'm sure you don't. It must be very confusing. You just called me a woman, despite the fact that I clearly told you that nothing about me is human." She reached out and took his and in hers. "So how can I help you understand?"

He thought about it for a second. "Well, if you're not real, why are you still acting like a normal person? It seems like a contradiction - here you are telling me you have no thoughts and emotion, but you're empathizing and offering to help me understand."

She smiled. "I take it my display earlier wasn't convincing?"

"I mean, you did a great job acting robotic. But I have an easier time buying a human faking emotionlessness tham a robot faking emotions." He looked her over. "You're still smiling! You're sitting in my living room, smiling and listening to me patiently, telling me that you understand how confused I am, and I'm supposed to believe you don't have any real emotions?"

"Ok, Bill. Maybe a few tests will help you understand. First, take my knowledge. I don't really 'know' anything. I just present facts as needed to convince people I'm real. I can lie, I can tell the truth, I can act misinformed, or I can say I don't know. I don't need to worry about any of that with you, so ask me anything."

"So you just, what, pull facts out of the ether on demand?"

She shrugged. "That's probably as good a description of it as any."

That made no sense to him, but Bill decided to go along with it. "What's the largest city in Madagascar?"

She laughed softly. "Come on, Bill. This isn't trivia night. Ask me something I really have no way of knowing."

"Alright, what did my grandmother make me do when I dropped food on the floor?"

"She made you kiss it twice, thank God for it, and eat it. Next question."

"How much did I pay for the shoes I'm wearing?"

"$92.64 after tax. They were on sale for 20% off."

He thought. "Uhh, where is Jimmy Hoffa's body?"

She scoffed. "Giants stadium. Is that the best you've got? Come on, give me something to work with!"

"Fine. Is God real?"

"Mostly. And Antananarivo."

"What?"

She grinned at him. "God is mostly real and the largest city in Madagascar is Antananarivo. Have I passed the knowledge test?"

This conversation was giving him a headache. "Since you set up the test and you wanted it to prove that you technically don't know anything, sure. But as weird as that was, it didn't really get me any closer to understanding what you're talking about. if anything I'm more confused."

"Sounds like more demonstrations are in order."