"I’ve never had such a sophisticated conversation with a dog," said Maya. "I can’t appear on your show, Aquinas, I hope you understand that. But I do like talking to you. In person, you’re so much smaller than you look on television. And you’re really interesting. I don’t know if you’re a dog or an artificial intelligence or whatever, but you’re definitely some kind of genuine entity. You’re deep . Aren’t you? I think you should get out of pop culture. Maybe write a book."