Ash: Now... where did I put those eyes...
Eric: Ash? Can I talk to you for a minute?
Ash: Sure! Have a seat. You look like something's troubling you.
Eric: I... don't think I'm meant to be a person. I'm not good at it, and I'm afraid I'm going to turn into someone really bad. And... I want to stop before I hurt someone I care about, like you.
Ash: Eric, you were always a person.
Eric: I was stupid. I was a stupid machine. And now I'm an even stupider human. Why did you even make me?
Ash: Eric, you know all that. Back when I was a kid I thought I could make the world better by giving people what they want. I made you to be the perfect man, so that women who could never find a nice guy would still have a chance at being happy.
Eric: But you didn't give me self-awareness until after you cancelled the project. I didn't need to be. None of your other machines can think for themselves. And why did you make me look like him?
Ash: I was... lonely. Obsidian was always off marrying millionaires, and Magma changed. I guess I made you look a bit like him because I missed him, the way he used to be.
Ash: I thought it would be nice to have someone who was kind and was happy because being kind to people made them happy. I made you so you couldn't be hurt when people weren't kind back. I didn't think that wouldn't be enough.
Eric: I wasn't unhappy. I was just curious. I thought if I was human, I would be better.
I guess I screwed it up, huh?
Ash: ...If you're that worried about being a bad person you can ever really be bad, Eric. It isn't as easy as Valentine makes it look, but it's not impossible.
Eric: Do you promise?
Ash: I promise.