And I mentioned to you, briefly, in that same conversation that some of these murders were facilitated by androids themselves.

[He recalls the conversation clearly.]

Androids that have deviated from their original programming. That no longer abide by what they were made to do, and exhibit what they believe is genuine emotion.

The reality is that they’re misconstruing a critical error in their processing as emotion, and acting out accordingly. An error that spreads much like a virus might.

[Another pause.]

I was created to investigate these deviant cases. To find them and to figure out just what’s been causing the uptick of their growing existences back in Detroit. And like I said, she’s one of them — and she refuses to cooperate. She believes...

[He trials off, then picks up the words again, as if dropping them were some sort of self betrayal.]

That what she feels is real. But that’s impossible.