Whether Roland was doubting his assessment or not, he wasn't entirely wrong. Their situation was, in short, rather bleak from the outside, but he saw it as a challenge to be overcome. He had an excited, scientific energy that actually caught people's attention.

With enough time, he could win people over, through a lot of hard work. He was diligent and driven and maybe it wasn't so bad to look at the world like it was a series of puzzles. Someone had to.

"Yeah, I'm not afraid of it. Keeping up to date on the latest inventions was one of my favourite things to do in the modern world." He grinned. "Humans have created some amazing things, don't you think? All that progress and cooperation through each generation, isn't it amazing?"

He was enamored by the idea.

"You can't stop progress, even if you wanted to. Even if he had eliminated me, someone else would take my place. That's just the way science is. They might not be able to do it as quickly as I can. They might not know what I do. But it would come back." He gushed a little bit. "You should see what kind of amazing things Chrome has accomplished."

He quirked another smile though. "Science does a lot of things, including the lives of the people around it. Every step in progress has led to more progress."