[ that gets a single dry laugh out of him. ]

Studying your kind was one of my main protocols. [ he doesn't usually like to talk about his origins much, but that piece of information is harmless enough. ] But all of the research in the world couldn't explain your irrational behaviors. And your... appetite for self-destruction. That's still alive and well, if this town is anything to go by. It's no wonder you looked to god for guidance in your maddening little lives.