I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts -Leo Valdez - Rick Riordan

What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.

"Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure."
He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down.
"You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?"
"Yes," Percy said. "I declare that this is stupid."

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.