I see... [There is a brief, thoughtful pause.] My knowledge on the program is limited, as I only recently arrived. But in my experience, operations such as this are limited not only by the veracity of their calculations, but also by what they might end up entailing. Its ends do not need to be justified by any means.

[That was a constraint of morality. But he doubts such a thing affects the program.]

Has there ever been any indication of its creator before? [Genuinely interested...]