Would the Factors communicate with an AGI character if they resleeved into a biological form? Or would they still somehow sniff out the machine in fleshy clothing and refuse contact with them? On the same note, if a character's fork used a Pandora Gate would the character be refused an audience with them on the grounds that "they" used the gate? Normally it would seem that it would be inconvient that you could not be associated with Gate travel or AGI's and still talk with the Factors (which, of course, gives strong clues toward their motives), but this is EP... there's always some wierd way to break the rules when identity is involved:)