I stare at Starille. What would that even mean? If Shipmind deleted their own memories... does that mean someone inside of Shipmind triggered the Erinyes Device, somehow? “But, deleting Shipmind’s memories means that nobody has access to them anymore. Even if you left afterwards. Right?”
“Yeah,” says Starille, tugging at her lower lip. “But even if someone went into Shipmind wanting their memories to be erased, Shipmind wouldn’t do that to them.”
“Why not? You said Shipmind respects what the individuals that make it up want,” I say, barbs in my voice. “If someone was feeling self-destructive, wouldn’t Shipmind execute on that?”