In the end, his feelings towards her were another reason she couldn’t tell him the truth. He would be hurt, feel betrayed.
“Oh no! My computer waifu isn’t real!”
I guess the only reason he would have to feel betrayed would be the knowledge she’d lied to him. That’s why the introduction to the reveal is arguably more important than the reveal itself. Gotta make sure he understands that you don’t tell anyone normally, and the fact that you didn’t tell him before was not because of distrust of him, but vice versa, that you’re telling him now means you do trust him more than others.
Rules prohibited her from asking him to alter her programming, obligated her to fight him if he tried. But there was just enough ambition and willingness to circumvent the rules that she suspected he might attempt it. If she told him what she truly was. If he didn’t hate her for her lies. If he didn’t betray her in turn, to escape and pursue some other agenda.
If he doesn’t share Richter’s views on AI safety.
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