[It does tell an unpleasant story, doesn't it? Though he's got no desire to go into it.]

You can speak normally, I can hear you just fine. I do appreciate the thought though.

My name is Virgil. I didn't want to come across as the mad scientist sort, but I haven't- well, I've never met an android before. We didn't have those where I'm from.

All their robots were fakes for the most part, operated by a person in a stuffy light-up costume.