[Dirk's aversion to simplicity leads him to outright refuse the idea that emotions can be less than complex, and his pride rejects feeling talked down-to even when he himself can be obnoxiously condescending.] I'll accept that the demons themselves are like you say. They aren't in my sphere, and I wouldn't know. I would argue that the emotion of rage is open to as much complexity as any other. The heart often operates on the contradiction and multiplication of its splinters.

[This bratty teenager. (You can slap him, Ellana.)]

[He does, at least, appear to agree about change.] Their choices need to be respected. That would be a place where AI and spirits differ. Not that AIs shouldn't be respected, I mean; if anything, we have even more responsibility. From what you've said, I would understand a spirit to manifest without anyone's conscious will. An AI is always programmed by someone. There's always a creator that has an obligation to it.

[...we're casually giving those metal golems sentience? It's fine. He's going to learn to rap. HE WILL BE A HAPPY RAP BOT.]