He was edited. And he wasn’t like this before. But the changes weren’t to make him violent, they were to make him obedient. Clu cut off entire sections of who he was -- memory, function, choice -- and redirected all of it into following his commands. [He shakes his head.] I should have realized it earlier… Clu wouldn’t gain anything from reprogramming him to attack people without cause. If Rinzler were everything Clu wanted him to be, I don’t know if he’d be able to do much of anything without a direct order. I know it must sound contradictory, but the violence isn’t the result of Clu’s code -- it’s a sign that Rinzler’s resisting it. [Resisting it in a dangerous and unhealthy way, yes, but resisting it all the same.]

I’m sorry. If I had known all this before, then I never would have asked it of you. But I didn’t. I thought-- [No.] -- I wanted to believe that it was something I could fix.