I do. I've made something of a career out of understanding people. It's not a habit I can discard easily, though I'll admit I may have written you off too soon.

[ Because the insight with Nui was something he genuinely appreciated. They had been so focused on finding her guilty that they hadn't quite considering the alternative of her innocence so much. Yet that made far more sense to him when he thought of it that way. It's why he listens now, calm, curious, but respectful. ]

Technology is admittedly not my forte. I would hesitate to call myself a Luddite, but my tastes do tend to turn towards the past rather than the future. [ He nods ] Though artificial intelligence does not exist where I am from, certainly. The beginnings of hoping for it, perhaps. But you speak as I do and process the events around you with intelligence and reason.

[ like, bad reason, but it still counts ]

It piqued my curiosity.