[ A lot of what Connor says is true—androids are efficient in ways humans cannot be, and that's why they're used. It's why they believed for so long they were fighting in their stead. And although they are indeed tools for a purpose—servants to humanity—9S still finds himself surprised that somewhere out there, there are those who look down on their kind. He's been gradually learning that humans aren't quite the all-glorious creators they were always made out to be, so it isn't news that blindsides him... It's hard to know how to feel about it, really. ]

Even though they created us... We're only there to help them. [ Sheesh, how paradoxical. 9S could never claim to understand humans.

—There's something else, too, that he isn't too pleased to hear; 9S doesn't let silence linger for long before interjecting with: ] You don't have to call us machines, either. We're androids, not—not that.

[ He doesn't even try to hide the contempt in his voice. ]