Connor just barely fights off the urge to flinch at the comment. He wished human him hadn't talked so much. His life would be so much easier if he hadn't talked about why he thought his partner refused deviation. He wished the events had been far more different.

He hates this place.

He pushes the thought from his mind and focuses on what he's going to do. Can't capture, can't kill, what does he do?

"If you could feel for real, then you'd be right to be uneasy," Connor said, his voice back to cool professionalism even if his LED was stuck on yellow. "If not from where we are, I'd be following through on my mission."

His denial has a lot more to stand on when he doesn't have to actively factor in mission completion would mean android genocide.