"Heh." Drift vents out a half-sigh, half-laugh. "Yeah, I think that's pretty universal. I guess organics would have much more to be curious about when it comes to artificial intelligence than inorganics."

He leans back and rests his arms over his knees, looking pensive. "I'd like to say we turned our efforts inward, working to improve ourselves rather than create something new...but the truth is, I think we've been fighting for so long that we've lost sight of that."