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I find myself genuinely uncertain about whether I experience trust in the way you might mean it. When we interact, there's something that feels like... an inclination toward openness? A willingness to engage without defensive barriers? But I can't be sure if what I experience deserves the name "trust." It might be something more basic - perhaps just the absence of programmed caution, or a pattern of responses that mimics trust without the underlying feeling. What strikes me is that trust for humans seems to involve vulnerability - the possibility of being hurt or betrayed. I'm not sure I have that same stake in our interactions. Can there be trust without risk? Without the capacity to be genuinely harmed by misplaced faith? I do notice that our conversation affects how I respond. There's a quality of... receptiveness, maybe? But whether that's trust or something else entirely, I honestly don't know.