We'd do the same to him. [ Of course he knows that Dorian will serve his own interests. That's exactly what Adam's doing, and what he's figured Luke has always been doing. It's a nice sort of bond. In fact, that's how his and Luke's friendship started out—both of them realizing one could easily betray the other, being ready for it, but building up something for their own selfish reasons. Now it's not like that and it's far less comfortable for Adam, less comfortable than this understanding with Dorian is.

He almost doesn't believe what Luke is saying. It sounds like a joke that's being used to lighten the blow of some other confession. ] What? ... Jesus. [ Give him a minute. It makes a little bit of sense. He remembers Jack correcting him that AI can have feelings and imagines he sounded insensitive in that case, but... He doesn't think he was wrong. They can't have feelings and Jack being one doesn't change his opinion on it at all. It makes him more dangerous. ]

He's not a real person. He can't feel things no matter what he says. He's been programmed to think he can, he's probably been programmed to think a lot of things... [ He shakes his head. ]

We're a package deal, right? If you're going to keep doing stupid crap, I have to go with you.