[ Gamora's jaw flexes, and her response doesn't come as quickly or readily. ]

... I can't.

[ A layer of— something sits just beneath her words. ]

Part of what makes the Phalanx so indomitable is that they learn and adapt to every new obstacle. In the same way I am programmed to assimilate responses and grow individually, so do the Phalanx constantly change their code.

The same break in their control won't work twice.