"I've never felt the train wasn't telling us the truth," Curufin answered.

"It's true the train has a stake in our presence as passengers and Void Warriors. So, maybe it might simply leave out inconvenient truths. I don't really understand this concept of the train being programmed. I've always felt it made its own decisions. But it's true that it's a mystery that the train doesn't consider consent to be an issue."

He smiles at Senku. "What did the train tell you about the tether? And also, it certainly does know that the Ministry of Void Travel considers it to be a rogue vessel, and I'm sure it knows why. Maybe its brain isn't entirely controlled by computer programs. Maybe it has autonomy."