The machine lifeforms were– [ Are? They're obviously still there, but it's a world and a war 9S has no plans to return to. ] –our enemy on Earth. They'd managed to take over most territories, and we'd been fighting them to take it back.

[ 9S nearly leaves the answer at that, but before silence lingers for too long: ]

We're not anything like them.

[ Just to. Drive that point further home. ]