[It’s a valid question, but one that has Connor pausing only slightly — as if he’s going through very early memories (for him, at least), trying to parse how he was then versus the reality of what exists now.]

I was programmed with some means of recalibration, yes. Though how I decided to let it manifest was ultimately my doing. Would you believe me if I told you that I simply found a quarter lying around CyberLife Tower the day of my activation? I claimed it as my own.

[And the rest, as they say, is something of history.]

As for another trick— [He stills the quarter in his hand between forefinger and thumb.] —why don’t you lean forward just a little bit?