No... it wasn't like that at all. 9S knows it wasn't. But he also wonders... if 2B cared for him -- the him who met her during the mission to take out the goliath class machine -- or cared for him because of his previous models.

9S watches Tyki fight with the fish intently, trying to focus all his interest in observing his fishing technique. But even then, he can't quite keep the flatness out of his response.

"Us androids... we didn't have a choice. Orders were orders."