[Alan stares hard back at Nihlus.] I thought I would be removing an error that made him violent. If I had done nothing and it happened again -- if Rinzler murdered someone else or their trap worked the next time -- how many people do you think would demand to know why I had done nothing to stop it? I was wrong about Rinzler’s code and I made the wrong decision. But I don’t know if there was ever a right decision to make.

[He lapses into silence and his gaze falls away once again, frustration slowly giving way to something more brittle. He knows the true source of Rinzler's violence now. He knows and it's too late. The damage is done, and he has nothing else to promise the people who would rather see the program dead than have him remain a threat. When he speaks again, he doesn't seem to be speaking to Nihlus at all, the words barely above a whisper.] God, they’re going to kill him...