[Shaw pauses before answering - not because she's hesitant to talk about it, but because she doesn't even know where to begin. Her relationship with the Machine isn't anywhere near as deep or complex as Root's is, but it's gone on for longer, and it's taken on a wider variety of forms.]

I guess you could say that.

[Is what she finally lands on: even when she's uncertain, she's always succinct.]

She was, uh-- heavily involved in a couple of my past jobs. And after Root died--

[Her brow knits into a faint frown.]

I dealt with her more directly after that. Just for a couple weeks, though.