[They brought the mood down...They're about to apologize for saying anything when Maverick traps them, and maybe it's not so bad.]

I follow several scripts, if you want to think about it literally, but they have given me the ability to demonstrate something close to "free will".

[That's a Joke, probably.]

And, no, step twelve is stopping Nightfall. This is step three. [A pause.] That's a joke.

[Just in case he didn't know!!]