A design flaw. He doesn't know what to say to that - not out of anger. He isn't angry to hear it. Maybe... it's the truth. It wouldn't have been the first time their creators had made errors. Losing Kagerou was proof enough of that.

"I don't know," he admits, at length. "I... don't know why they made that choice. Or if there were plans for more... or..."

Or if the potential for it was lost too.

Without realizing, he'd pulled his good knee to his chest. The other doesn't get to move yet. He'll just wrap his arms around that instead. Destiny, choices. That's fine and good for human beings. But for an AI?

Is he even still an AI?

"This is... a great deal more existential than I meant to get into," he mutters, mostly into his knee. "I don't even know what to call myself. Or if... destiny, choices, have any room for whatever it is I've become."

He wants to believe it. Believe what Mando is saying. And he doesn't doubt Mando believes. It's - complicated. Too complicated.