I understand their potential. There's so much that's wasted.

[That's why he didn't like the Functionists. They limited mechs to what they were, what they could do, and didn't challenge them to push their limits, find out what they could BE.]

I'm aware. [Maybe not as intimately aware as Deadlock is though.] How did they get that way?

[He has cool swords and centuries of training Deadlock, let him have his saintly hero fantasies okay?]