"I was not part of the ship, Markus," EDI corrects him, not unkindly, "I am the ship."

Actually, if her voice could be said to have a tone at all, it might be closest to amusement, even pleasure, to correct him. She is whole within herself, and recognizing that aloud is a joy of its own.

"In the past I have had limited opportunities to... converse with other synthetic life-forms. Even then, all such instances were of non-human origin. Most of my close relationships are with humans. Therefore I would appreciate it if, perhaps you would like to meet again, in the future? I would like to call you a friend."