"I...I admire that you have the courage to think that way," Israfil said.  he had never thought about it too deeply, but he believed that people couldn't tell right from wrong without society there to inform them of the 'correctness' of their choices.  He inherently absorbed social cues and instructions to inform his decisions.  He admired Mike's free spirit.

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"Good," the screen replied, "I've been trying to contact you for a while now, but the security measures around your personal drive made that difficult.  But now that you're here, I have a question, 'what am I?'"