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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

I think that is the most common-sense explanation -- Occam's Razor, perhaps. But if you're looking for a twist, I think that would be a nice one. And how better to prove how good the engineering is than to bed a human?

Are you an android?
(Pause) No.

Meaning: No, I'm not a machine ... but I'm not really human either. Here, let's have sex, you won't notice the difference.

Spoiler!

Unless she somehow survived getting crushed and sneaked onto the ship that left at the end, what would be the point of a twist that doesn't twist anywhere? I don't buy any other explanation for her behavior. Daddy wanted a boy and she paid the price all her life. If it quacks like a duck and swims like a duck, it's a duck.