[That’s… admittedly more than he expected to hear, and it does indeed show that she’s put some thought into her friendship. And listening, he thinks that he’s glad she has — that maybe it isn’t only one-sided, in how much he appreciates the other’s company.]

Don’t apologize. I asked, and you answered.

[Those parts of him, some of which might be called “personality”; he wonders just how far he’s deviated from his original programming, and which parts of those she appreciates the most. And how much of his core hasn’t changed, from when he was nothing more than a machine, an RK800 designed to accomplish a singular task and little more than that.]

Do you really think I’m gentle? You’re the first to describe me in that way.