Qubit doesn't flinch. Does she really think that's going to intimidate him? He's stared down worse. But her singlemindedness, her dogged refusal to let up on that one asinine point, is fraying his last nerve.

"That. Is not. A man!" he snaps, jabbing his finger in the direction of the box. Sorry, if androids are equals or whatever then that probably sounds racist as hell, but it really seems like Patch does not understand the difference!

"It is a machine. It's a tool, engineered for a specific purpose. You might as well accuse me of murdering a bloody miter saw!"