[Calla narrows his eyes at the spoken word. Every time he’d seen Rinzler previously, the Program had insisted on communicating via text. Was that supposed to be another of his cruel jokes? It seems like it would be more of an inconvenience to Rinzler than Calla.]

You know, I was beginning to think your Creator hadn’t given you a mouth under that thing.

[Not like he’d need it. But the mention of a Creator does offer one potential explanation for why the other Program would persist in such a futile course of action. Rinzler may be even more glitched than Calla is, but Calla assumes he still has a function.]

Are they here? Your Creator, I mean.